Nguyen Chau Trinh

Nguyen Chau Trinh

School: The Business School
Department: Economics & Finance
Position: Lecturer 
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: trinh.nguyenchau@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0003-1371-1509

Trinh obtained his Ph.D in Economics in New Zealand in 2021. Before joining RMIT, he was working as a senior quantitative analyst for Standard of Proof in Wellington, New Zealand. His job involved quantitative assessments of development programs carried out by the New Zealand government. In addition, he also has 15-year experience with teaching economics and business at a public university in Vietnam. His research interests cover a broad range of topics, including macroeconomics, agricultural and climate change economics, and development economics. 

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  • Ph.D. in Economics

  • Economics

  • Microeconomics (development economics and emerging markets cluster)
  • Development economics (development economics and emerging markets cluster)
  • Agricultural economics (sustainable development cluster)

  • Nguyen Chau, T., Vu Thi Hong, N., Pham Thi Thu, T., Ramsawak, R., Nguyen Thien, N. (2024Re-examining the effects of information and communication technology on economic growth. Technology in Society, 87, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102646.  
  • Nguyen Chau, T., & Scrimgeour, F. (2023). Will climate change jeopardize the Vietnamese target of maintaining farmland for food security? A fractional multinomial logit analysis of land use choice. Agricultural Economics, 54, 570– 587. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12787 
  • Nguyen Chau, T., Pham, T. T. T., Ha, T. C. V., & Nguyen, D. (2023). Corruption, market structure, and industry competition in the Vietnamese construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2023.2236249 
  • Borer, D., Perera, D., Fauzi, F., & Chau, T. N. (2023). Identifying systemic risk of assets during international financial crises using Value at Risk elasticities. International Review of Financial Analysis, 90, 102832. DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102832 
  • Ha, T.C.V., Pham, T.T.T., Nguyen Chau, T., Nguyen, D. (2023). Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of firm productivity? Evidence of a non-linear relationship from a firm-level analysis in Vietnam. Journal of Economic Studies (Pre-print). 
  • Nguyen, C.T. and Frank Scrimgeour. (2022). Measuring the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Vietnam: A Panel Ricardian Analysis. Agricultural Economics, 53.1. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12677 
  • Nguyen, C.T. and Frank Scrimgeour. (2022). Productivity Impacts of Hybrid Rice Seeds in Vietnam. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73.2. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12458 

  • August 2019. Best Paper Award. New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
  • August 2019. Flower Agribusiness Conference Participation Award (New Zealand)

  • 2016 – 2017: Business analyst and consultant (Ha Tinh Small and Medium Enterprise Association)
  • 01/2022 - 07/2022: Senior quantitative analyst and consultant (Standard of Proof, Wellington, New Zealand)

  • 06/2024 – Present: RMIT University Vietnam (Lecturer) 
  • 08/2022 – 05/2024: RMIT University Vietnam (Research Fellow) 
  • 01/2022 – 07/2022: Standard of Proof (Senior Quantitative Analyst and Research Consultant) 
  • 11/2006 – 9/2017: Ha Tinh University (Program manager – Business and Management) 
  • 08/2009 – 9/2017: Ha Tinh Small and Medium Enterprises Association (Business Consultant) 
  • 12/2005 – 7/2006: Da Nang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Business Analyst)