2019 Asia Foundation Development Fellow

Digital Economy Policymaker, Vietnam



Thuy Anh Nguyen heads the Digital Economy Innovation Division at the Ecommerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) in Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. She works on various digital economy legal frameworks and development solutions to make businesses more efficient, innovative, and agile. Her vision is to create a favorable management environment and effective support systems for enterprises engaged in the digital economy, and to implement supportive policies and regulation that increase and accelerate digital economy integration. Thuy Anh has dual master’s degrees in Applied Finance and Electronic Commerce from the University of Queensland, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Business from the Foreign Trade University.