• Full name: Tran Thi Viet Nga
• Academic titles and degrees: Professor, Doctor
• Department: Department of Environmental Engineering
• Position: Director of the Vietnam-Japan Institute of Advanced Technology, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering; Lecturer; Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering
• Email: ngattv@huce.edu.vn

Training process :

• Postdoctoral Studies: 2003-2005, JSPS - United Nations University. Field: Environment and Sustainable Development.
• PhD: 1999–2002, University of Tokyo, Japan.
• Master's degree: 1997–1999, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
• University: from 1991 to 1996, University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam

Teaching the following subjects:

• University-level teaching curriculum: Wastewater Treatment, Water Chemistry - Environmental Chemistry
• Postgraduate teaching programs: Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technology, Integrated Water Resource Management.

Research field

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Decentralized wastewater treatment technology suitable for Vietnamese conditions; Application and improvement of advanced technologies in water and wastewater treatment (MBR and AnMBR membrane filtration technologies, contact filtration using new filter materials); Improved anaerobic treatment technology (wastewater/sludge) and energy recovery;
• Urban water and wastewater management: Sustainable drainage systems; Water quality management; Impacts of climate change on urban water resources and water systems; Health risk assessment from polluted urban water systems.
• Water protection: Integrated water resource management for sustainable development; Control of surface and groundwater pollution (including emerging pollutants).  

Scientific work:

Topics/projects led and participated in

• Technological solutions for treating and managing decentralized domestic wastewater (household and cluster scale) in rural areas of some provinces in North Central Vietnam. Project No. 19/HD-KHCN-NTM. State-level project, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (2020-2021).
• Research on the application of improved SBR wastewater treatment technology using aerobic granular sludge for treating urban wastewater in Vietnam (Ministry of Construction, 2019-2020)
• Optimizing the protein decomposition process to improve the efficiency of treating protein-rich industrial wastewater from food processing using anaerobic technology and energy recovery. (Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 2018-2019)
• Research proposing solutions for treating toilet waste, domestic wastewater, and solid waste in an ecological, closed-loop manner, suitable for island areas (MS RD95-16) (Ministry of Construction, 01/2017 – 6/2019).
• Improving health, environmental protection and energy security by developing resilient cost-effective anaerobic wastewater technologies with sustainable energy production for lower-income countries (Institutional Link - UK Government Newton Fund, Vietnam, June 2016 - March 2018).
• Research on building a simulation model of the dynamic relationship between surface water and groundwater to serve the rational use of water resources for Hanoi city (Research project NCCB-DHUD, Nafosted fund, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2014 - 2018).
• Assessing changes in water quality in the water supply network of Hanoi city (Ministry of Education and Training, January 2016 – June 2018).
• Application of anaerobic biological membrane filtration for the treatment of urban and industrial wastewater in tropical conditions (Ministry of Education and Training, 01/201) (April – December 2016).
• Research on the development of urban water systems adapted to climate change (JST, Japan and the University of Tokyo, April 2009 – March 2015)
• Research on treating wastewater from livestock slaughterhouses using anaerobic biological treatment technology combined with membrane microfiltration (AnMBR). (Project: Environment and Resources Program K1C-09), Hanoi Department of Science and Technology, 2013-2014).
• "Research on the development of anaerobic membrane bio-reactor technology for treating domestic wastewater in Vietnam" (Key research project of the Ministry of Education and Training - Project Code B2012-03-03, 2012-2014)
• Research on the design and fabrication of a small-scale wastewater treatment system using MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) technology. Environmental Industry Program Project (Ministry of Industry and Trade, Project Code: 02/HĐ-ĐT.0211/CNMT, 2011-2013).
• Research on the application of nanofiltration membranes in low-pressure seawater treatment technology to produce drinking water for coastal and island areas of Vietnam (State-level independent project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Project ID: DTDL.2010T/31, 2010-2013).
• Research on wastewater treatment using MBR (Membrane BioReactor) membrane biological reactors for wastewater reuse purposes (Key research project of the Ministry of Education and Training, Project code B2010-03, 2010-2011).
• Sustainable wastewater management in Long Bien District, Hanoi City (BMBF, German Government, February 2009 – December 2010)

Monographs or reference books

• Tran Thi Viet Nga (Editor) and collaborators. Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering Textbook. Construction Publishing House 2024.
• Tran Thi Viet Nga. AnMBR – Anaerobic Membrane Technology for Wastewater Treatment Aimed at Resource Reuse and Recovery in Vietnam. Construction Publishing House, 2023.
• Tran Duc Ha, Tran Thi Viet Nga and co-authors. Fundamentals of Chemistry and Microbiology in Environmental Engineering. Vietnam Education Publishing House, 2011. (Specialized textbook)
• Tran Duc Ha, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Nguyen Lan Huong. Responding to Climate Change in Industrial, Urban and Construction Activities. Construction Publishing House. 2013. (Textbook for training at universities in the industrial and engineering fields)
• Tran Duc Ha, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Tran Thi Hien Hoa, and Dang Thi Thanh Huyen. Membrane filtration techniques in water supply and wastewater treatment. Construction Publishing House, 2017. (Monograph).

scientific article

• Sabrina Sorlini, Thi Kim Hoan Tran, Thi Viet Nga Tran (2024). Impact of Climate change on the drinking water supply system: a case study of drinking water treatment plant in Vietnam. Maggioli Editore Publisher. ISBN: 8891667519.
• Lan Huong Nguyen, Thi Viet Nga Tran , Minh Giang Hoang, Hoang Giang Nguyen, Ton Kien Tong, Yogo Isobe, Mikio Kawasaki, Tomonori Ishigaki, Ken Kawato. (2023). Material and monetary fows of construction and demolition waste and assessment on physical and environmental properties of illegal dumped construction and demolition waste in Hanoi. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. ISSN: 09441344, 16147499 (SCIE, IF=5,034, Q1)
• Vu Duc Canh, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Nguyen Thuy Lien, Hiroyuki Katayama. (2023). Development of a simple and low-cost method using Moringa seeds for efficient virus concentration in wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. ISSN: 00489697, 18791026. (SCIE, IF=9.8, Q1)
• Nga Tran Thi Viet , Duc Canh Vu, Thu Hang Duong (2023). Effect of Hydraulic retention time on Performance of Anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating slaughterhouse in Hanoi, Vietnam. Environmental Research. ISSN: 0013-9351. (SCIE, Q1, IF 8,431).
• Hoai Son Tran, Nga Tran Thi Viet* , Thu Hang Duong, Lan Huong Nguyen, Ken Kawamoto (2023). Autoclaved aerated concrete grains as alternative absorbent and filter media for phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater: A case study in Hanoi, Vietnam. Environmental Technology & Innovation). Volume 31, August 2023, 103175. (SCIE, Q1, IF 7,451)
• My Thi Tra Ngo, Tetsuro Ueyamaa, Ryo Makabe, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Long D. Nghiem, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Takahiro Takahashi (2021). Fouling behavior and performance of a submerged flat-sheet nanofiltration membrane system for direct treatment of secondary wastewater effluent. Volume 41 , June 2021, Journal of Water Process Engineering. ISSN: 2214-7144 (SCIE, IF 3.465)
• Son Tran Hoai , Huong Nguyen Lan, Nga Tran Thi Viet, Giang Nguyen Hoang, Ken Kawamoto (2021). Characterizing Seasonal Variation in Landfill Leachate Using Leachate Pollution Index (LPI) at Nam Son Solid Waste Landfill in Hanoi, Vietnam. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. Environments 2021, 8 (3), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8030017 .
• Takahiro Fujioka, My Thi Tra Ngo, Ryo Makabe, Tetsuro Ueyama, Haruka Takeuchi, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Hiroaki Tanaka (2020) Submerged nanofiltration without pre-treatment for direct advanced drinking water treatment. Volume 265 , February 2021, Chemosphere. ISSN: 0045-6535 (SCIE, IF 5.778)
• Tran Thi Viet Nga and Nguyen Lan Huong (2020). Application of Geographical Information System in Environmental and Economic assessment of Run-of-river Hydropower in Central Vietnam. Volume 869 - 042034, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. ISSN 1757-8981 (CJR:0.198)
• Tran Thi Viet Nga (2020). Investigation of groundwater recharge mechanism for sustainable urban water system planning and management in Hanoi city. Volume 869 - 042036, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, ISSN 1757-8981 (CJR: 0.198)
• Hang P Vu, Luong N Nguyen, Jakub Zdarta, Tran TV Nga , Long D Nghiem
• (2020). CURRENT POLLUTION REPORTS. Blue-Green Algae in Surface Water: Problems and Opportunities. Springer Heidelberg. ISSN 2198-6592 (SCIE, IF 4.254)
• Thu Hang Duong, Katja Grolle, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Grietje Zeeman, Hardy Temmink, and Miriam van Eekert (2019). Protein hydrolysis and fermentation under methanogenic and acidifying conditions. Biotechnology for Biofuels, Volume 12, Article number: 254 (2019). Springer Nature. ISSN: 1754-6834. ( SCIE, IF 6.343 )
• TTV Nga and VT Tam (2018). Assessment of urbanization impact on groundwater resources in Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Management. 227, 107-116, 2018. ( SCIE, IF 4.005 )
• J Glass, DAV Rico, C Stefan, Russian TTV (2018). Simulation of the impact of managed aquifer recharge on the underground system in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hydrogeology Journal.26 (7), 2427-2442, 2018. ISBN 2186-2982 / 2186-2990
• NH Hiep, ND Luong, TTV Nga, BT Hieu (2018). Hydrological model using ground-and satellite-based data for river flow simulation towards supporting water resource management in the Red River Basin, Vietnam. Journal of Environmental Management.217, 346-355, 2018. (SCIE, IF 4.005 )
• N Van Tuan, TT Kien, DTT Huyen, TTV Nga , NH Giang, NT Dung, Y Isobe, T Ishigaki, K Kawamoto (2018). Current status of construction and demolition waste management in Vietnam: challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Geography.
• K Kuroda, T Hayashi, Russian TTV , S Takizawa (2017). Holocene estuarine sediments as a source of arsenic in Pleistocene underground in suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam. Hydrogeology Journal. 25 (4), 1137-1152, 2017. (SCIE, IF 2.071)
• K Kuroda, T Hayashi, DT An, TTV Nga, S Takizawa (2017). Groundwater recharge in suburban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam: effect of decreasing surface-water bodies and land-use change. Hydrogeology Journal. 25 (3), 727-742, 2017. (SCIE, IF 2.071)
• Jatuwat Sangsanonti, Dang The Dan, Tran Thi Viet Nga , Hiroyuki Katayama and Hiroaki Furumai (2016). Detection of pepper mild mottle virus as an indicator for drinking water quality in Hanoi, Vietnam in large volume of water after household treatment. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A. The Taylor & Francis, 2016. (SCIE, IF 2.071)
• K Kuroda, N Nakada, S Hanamoto, M Inaba, H Katayama, AT Do, Russian TTV . Pepper mild mottle virus as an indicator and a tracer of fecal pollution in water environments: comparative evaluation with wastewater-tracer pharmaceuticals in Hanoi, Vietnam. Science of the Total Environment. 506, 287-298, 2015. (SCIE, IF 4.984).
• TT V Nga , VD Canh, M. Kobayashi, S. Wakahara (2015). Performance evaluation of a pilot scale Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) treating domestic wastewater in Hanoi City. Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment, June 2015.
• Inaba M., Nga TT V, Katayama H., Furumai H. (2014). Detection of genus Kobuvi rus for evaluation as virus indicators for fecal contamination source tracking from Nhue River. In: South East Asia Water Environment. Vol. 5, p61-65. IWA publishing 2014. ISBN: 9781780404950.
• Do, A.T., Kuroda, K., Hayashi, T., Nga, TTV, Oguma, K., & Takizawa, S (2014). Household survey of installation and treatment efficiency of point-of-use water treatment systems in Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, Vol. 63(2), p154-161, IWA publishing 2014. ISSN: 0003-7214. (SCIE, IF 1.179)