Thi Hong Thinh DOAN
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Thi Hong Thinh DOAN

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Doan Thi Hong Thinh is a trinationale (Vietnam/France/Canada) author holding a PhD in Economics. After teaching at Aix-Marseille University's Faculty of Economics, she continued her career in Canada, conducting postdoctoral research and working in data science applied to modeling. As a recognized specialist, she has published numerous studies and economic models used in the business world. An adventurer at heart and passionate about writing, she shares her unique worldview and experiences through her stories. Her trilogy France – Vietnam (Vol. 1: Adventures in Europe and Russia; Vol. 2: Mongolia – Wonderlands on Earth; Vol. 3: Adventures in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) authentically and sensitively recounts her motorcycle journey alongside her friend Maxime Léonard. Through these pages, she invites readers to discover the beauty of the world and the richness of human encounters—far beyond the realm of economics—filtered through her lived experience and distinctive perspective. To read excerpts, visit her LinkedIn profile (DOAN Thi Hong Thinh). For photos, explore her Facebook Reels (Hong Thinh - Lotus) and YouTube channel (Hong Thinh (Lotus)). In addition, as a PhD holder and professor of economics, she is preparing to share with readers her 100 page book The Collectivization of Empty Bowls: Vietnam's Planned Economy Era (true story). It intertwines personal survival tales from Kim Động (Hưng Yên, Vietnam) with the nation's harsh thời bao cấp era (1954–1986), marked by the Second Indochina War, post-1975 reunification, and a centrally planned economy that stifled private trade in the name of socialism. Her father (born in 1958) recounts a barefoot childhood of constant hunger: children foraging for weeds and roots, sharing tiny flakes of fish in their rice bowls, eating diseased poultry, or stripping meat from a rotting buffalo carcass as villagers chased the cart in desperation. War struck close to home—in 1972, a U.S. missile killed neighbors such as Tiến and wounded Tante Nguyệt; black-market rice trading risked prison, while authorities dumped bánh đúc (rice cakes) into rivers amid hyperinflation and cấm chợ, ngăn sông (market bans and river blockades). Through these stories, Doan Thi Hong Thinh guides readers to understand Vietnam's economic policy history through the daily lives of its people: the hopes, sufferings, and sacrifices under collectivization; the mistakes of that policy; and the timely reforms that rebuilt the nation and improved living conditions. This book offers an honest look at Vietnam's planned economy and vivid portraits of human life in that era. You'll certainly enjoy her books, rooted in real experiences, and discover how economic policies were applied in Vietnam and shaped everyday life then and now.
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