Dr. Cao The Ha was an associate professor in Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi University of Science (HUS), and also the former vive-director of The Center for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), HUS. After obtaining BS-MS degree at The Former Soviet Union’s Kishinev State University in 1975, he started his carrier at Department of Physical Chemistry, HUS. He obtained his Ph.D. on the catalyst for hydrogenation at The former Hanoi University, now is HUS, in 1992. Since 2000, he has worked at CETASD until retirement in 2019. He was nominated as a co-director of VJU Master Program in Environmental Engineering since its foundation in 2015. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, advanced oxidation and adsorption processes, and resource recovery technologies. He is teaching in chemical kinetics, adsorption and catalysis, and environmental technology, water and wastewater engineering for HUS and VJU.

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thi Ha obtained PhD degree in Chemistry in 1996 then she went to Australia for Master course in Applied Science in Chemical Engineering. Since 1999, she has worked in Faculty of Environmental Sciences, VNU-HUS as high rank senior lecturer. Her majors are wastewater and solid waste treatment technologies that focus on resource and valuable material recovery, pollutant fate and the effect on the environment and health. She has published about 80 articles in the Peer review Scientific Journals and International conferences. She has participated in number of national and international projects as manager and member. She is visiting lecturer in Technology university of Dresden, Germany; Indiana university, USA and Linkoping university, Sweden. She is a member of Vietnam Chemistry Association and a member of Vietnam Environment Association. In addition, with her expertise, she has been invited to number of the National Scientific Consultancy Committees for Technology Evaluation and Appraisal and Environmental Impact assessment; Strategy Environmental Assessment and Provincial and Sectorial Socio-economic Development Planning.

Dr. Tu Binh Minh is an associate professor in Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Vietnam National University Hanoi. He obtained his Ph.D in Ehime University, Japan. His research interests include development of advanced analytical techniques for determination of micro-contaminants in different kinds of environmental samples at trace and ultra-trace levels. His research also focuses on fate, transport and impacts of different classes of contaminants such as classic legacy (pesticides, PCBs, PBDEs, PAHs) and emerging endocrine active compounds (EDCs) such as siloxanes, bisphenol A, phthalates, parabens. He is member of Editorial Board of international journal Environmental Geochemistry and Health (EGAH), Springer since 2008. He is author and co-authors of more than 100 publications in peer review international journals.

Mr. Makoto Ibaraki obtained master's degree in construction engineering from Waseda University, Japan in 2001. He worked at Japan Sewage Works Agency from 2001 to 2010 involved in design and construction management as well as technology development. Since 2011, he has worked at Sewerage Planning Division of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan. He was despatched as a director for Sewerage Division of Shiga Prefecture, Japan from 2016 to 2018. Since June 2018, he has been dispatched to Ministry of Construction of Vietnam as a JICA expert, Advisor for Sewerage Policy.

Nguyen Thanh Trung is deputy general director of Nagaoka Vietnam Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Nagaoka International Corporation (Osaka, Japan). He obtained his MSc on biological water treatment from Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University in 2010. Since 2010, he has been working at Nagaoka International Corporation, one of the world’s leading profile wire screen manufacturing firms and applying screen onto water intake and water treatment. He has been dispatched to Nagaoka Vietnam Co., Ltd since 2020 to manage and expand Nagaoka’s business in Vietnam and South East Asia

He started his career at Goshu Kohsan (Vietnam) after graduating Master's degree from the Environmental Engineering Department, The School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan in 2010.

His duties are marketing, making business strategies, and leading a research and development team of the company. He studied and developed new advanced technologies for water and wastewater treatment applying to the condition of Vietnam, such as membrane bioreactor (MBR), Fenton and Ozonation in wastewater treatment, ultrafiltration (UF) in an application for drinking water treatment, reverse osmosis (RO) system for producing ultra-pure water for the electronics industry, etc.

Utilizing his technical experiences and knowledge of laws and regulations related to the water environment, he is also providing consulting services to the customers. He enjoys fishing when he has free time.

After graduating from high school in 2007, I decided to study Japanese. After 1 year, I was granted    a chance to become a student on scholarship by courtesy of The Asahi Shimbun and then, came to Japan. In 2011, I was enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Mie University, the national university located in Mie Prefecture, and devoted my attention to the research of laser beam butt-welding method using different kind of materials and I could deepen my knowledge of Japanese technologies. Then, after graduation from the university, I decided to go back to Vietnam in 2015 with the intention of making good use of the knowledge which I acquired in Japan. 

Then, I realized that water environment in Vietnam hadn’t been improved to date, unlike Japan where you can see beautiful and clean rivers around. That was the reason why I applied for  METAWATER’s representative office in Hanoi because I thought that I could contribute to improve water environment at METAWATER. Since then, I had been involved in the wastewater treatment project in Hoi An City under the grant arrangement by the Government of Japan and assumed various functions and responsibilities to complete the project successfully. I would be more than happy if I could play a lot more roles of improving the water environment of my country.  

Graduated in 2007 as Environmental Engineer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. Since 2011, had a chance to approach U-BCFTM technology through the first pilot system installed at Hai Phong province under JICA’s programme. Then, involved in design, construction and commissioning for the first water treatment plant with capacity 5,000m3/day applied U-BCFTM technology at large scale in Vietnam. Then, continue to join next UBCF pilot programmes in others place of Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh city, Nam Dinh, Quang Ninh, Tien Giang. During Vietwater 2014, had presented U-BCFTM technology at this exhibition to introduce this advanced technology. Keep working on the other projects of Vietnam which included U-BCFTM technology up to present.

Dr. Phuong Minh Nguyen has worked as a lecturer at Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi since 2011. She conducted her PhD study at Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig and Dresden University of Technology, Germany (2013 – 2016). Her PhD study was funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) scholarship. Her research interests are environmental biotechnology (e.g., construsted wetlands in wastewater treatment) and applied microbiology for bioremediation. In 2018, thanks to a joint-project in mining wastewater treatment with her colleague, she is honored to be awarded Green Champion of Southeast Asia (2nd prize, DAAD).

Dr. Hong Nam Nguyen is a lecturer at the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (Vietnam – France University). He obtained his Master degree in Energy and Environment in 2009 at the University of Luxembourg and the University of Liege (ERASMUS Program), and his PhD degree in Renewable Energy in 2018 at the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi. Since 2012, he has been working at University of Science and Technology of Hanoi as a Director of the General Education Department, Manager of the Clean and Sustainable Development laboratory (CleanED). His research interests are thermochemical conversions (pyrolysis, combustion and gasification) of biomass and wastes to energy) and production of green materials.

Dr. Thuy Chung Nguyen is a lecturer of School of Environmental Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. She obtained his Ph.D on the “Pollutants in road-deposited sediments: characteristics, mobility, bioavailability and remediation” from The University of Technology Sydney in 2015. Since 2009, he has worked at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include wastewater treatment technology, low cost absorbents, heavy metal removal, road deposited sediment, risk management. She already published more than 7 ISI papers on her research recently

Dr. Nguyen Minh Phuong is an Associate Professor in Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam. She obtained her Ph.D degree at Ehime University, Japan in the field of Life Environment Conservation Science in 2009. Since 2010, she has worked as a lecturer at Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry. Her main current research interests are development of advanced nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water; development of heterojuction system based on narrow band gap semiconductors for environmental remediation and conversion of CO2; development of advanced materials for effective, environmental- friendly and sustainable agriculture in accordance with low carbon agriculture orientation.

Dr. Pham Quy Giang is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Environment, Ha Long University, Quang Ninh, Vietnam. He obtained his Ph.D on the impact of climate change on soil and water resources in international watershed from University of Shizuoka, Japan in 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. He was affiliated with Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam National University of Agriculture from 2006 to 2020. Since June, 2020 he joined Ha Long University as a senior lecturer and a member of the Council of Science and Education of the university. His research interests include application of GIS, Remote Sensing and Modelling in natural resources and environmental management; Climate change and its impacts on environment and society, climate related disasters and damage to agriculture; land use management and land use planning; soil erosion and soil pollution; surface and groundwater contamination...

Dr. Tran Dinh Trinh is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He obtained his Ph.D in Laser & Optics, Atmospheric Chemistry from The University of Science and Technology of Lille, France in 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he conducted his postdoc at Engineering University of Nantes, then National Institute of Environment and Industrial Risk (INERIS), France. He has been a lecturer at Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Vietnam National University since 2003. His research interests include the synthesis and application of Advanced Materials for Environment (water treatment, air purification), and Energy (production of green energy by using catalytic processes). He has extensive experiences in collaborating with international institutions and researchers as part of international projects/programmes. He is frequent reviewer for Atmospheric Environment (IF=4.633, Q1), Chemosphere (IF=5.778, Q1), Building and Environment (IF=5.459, Q1), Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=3.306, Q2), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (IF=4.300, Q1).