PhD Phan Thi Ha Duong

In high school, Phan Thi Ha Duong studied at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. In 1990, she was the only female member of our country to compete in the 21st International Mathematical Olympiad in Beijing, China and won a bronze medal. After that, Phan Thi Ha Duong became a student at the Faculty of Mathematics - Mechanical - Informatics, (former) Hanoi University, now the University of Natural Sciences, Hanoi National University. In the third year, Ha Duong received a scholarship from France and was given special consideration to continue her 4th year of study at the University of Paris 6 due to her good academic performance. In 1999, Phan Thi Ha Duong's doctoral thesis was classified as very excellent by the Dissertation Committee of the University of Paris 7 (très honorable). Besides, she also surpassed 100 candidates, accepted the position of Associate Professor at the Faculty of Informatics, University of Paris 7. At that time, she was only 26 years old.

August 2005, Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Ha Duong decided to return to Vietnam, working in the Department of Mathematical Foundations of Informatics, Institute of Mathematics. One of the reasons why she returned home is because she loves teaching and wants to teach Vietnamese students.