Vietnam ASEAN Hydrogen Club

Introduction

Since 2017, Vietnam has become a country with the level of renewable energy development, clean energy in the top 3 of the Asia Pacific region. By November 2021, at the climate conference held in Glasgow UK, the Prime Minister of Vietnam has set a target of net zero emissions of Vietnam by 2050 and by December 2022, Vietnam and the Group 7 plus 2 countries (Norway and Denmark) have signed a grant of 15.5 billion USD from 9 developed countries to support Vietnam's clean energy transition.

 

According to the Power Planning 8 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam submitted to the Prime Minister, power projects using fossil fuels will be converted to co-firing hydrogen and progress to full hydrogen combustion by 2050.

 

Massively invested renewable energy projects in Vietnam put a lot of pressure on the transmission infrastructure, leading to many projects not being able to connect or connected but unable to discharge their full capacity. In essence, renewable energy is an unstable energy because it depends on the weather. Therefore, policymakers as well as investors are looking for ways to set up electricity storage systems such as batteries, hydrogen or fuel cells used for transportation.

 

Vietnam is evaluated by international experts and energy organizations as a country with strengths in renewable energy such as wind power, solar power, tidal power, wave power, ocean current power, and biomass power. Vietnam can become the leading clean energy producer and exporter in the region.

 

Countries in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia are actively converting to clean energy from fossil similar to Vietnam. Especially the Northeast Asian countries such as Japan, Korea and China have committed to net zero by 2050 and 2060 which require an alternative clean fuel source where hydrogen is a key fuel component.

 

Against this backdrop, domestic and foreign investors are trying to form an energy storage mechanism in which Hydrogen can play a key role. Mr. Le Ngoc Anh Minh, Executive President of Pacific Group who experienced entrepreneurs in participating in and implementing large-scale energy infrastructure projects. In Vietnam, cooperating with international partners such as Asean and Japan, has carefully researched, discussed and proposed the initiative to establish the Vietnam Asean Hydrogen Club (Vietnam Asean Hydrogen Club) abbreviated as VAHC aims to create a formal playground for policy makers, scientists, researchers, project developers, financial investors, climate change sponsors to form a hydrogen community in Vietnam. South and the ASEAN region. Through VAHC, members, governmental and non-governmental agencies, hydrogen energy campaigners, technologists and investors can meet and transfer resources in terms of human resources, land fund, technology and know-how, finance, construction, supply and consumption of hydrogen at the national and regional level.

 

The Founding Board of VAHC

 

  

 Mr. Le Ngoc Anh Minh

Full name: Le Ngoc Anh Minh

Current position: Executive Chairman

Company: Pacific Group Co., Ltd

Company website: www.pcgroup.vn

Contact:

Phone: 093 691 7386 (Vietnam)

Email: tarominh@gmail.com, ceo@pcgroup.vn

Summary of work experience: Mr. Minh has 28 years of experience in managing and developing large-scale projects in Vietnam. Infrastructure projects such as Phu My 1 Combined Cycle Power Plant, Nhat Tan Bridge Project, 22 years of leadership in a mid-sized company in Vietnam, 15 years of experience in developing new businesses in Vietnam. Mr. Minh is an infrastructure investment expert in Vietnam, founder of the Vietnam Clean and Innovative Agriculture Club (VCAC), chief representative of the BRICS-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and founder of the Hashi Manpower Club

At VAHC: Founder and Chairman

Phone: +84936 917 386

Email: cm@vahc.com.vn

 

 

Mr. Nguyen Anh Tam 

Full name: Nguyen Anh Tam

Current position: Head of Law Office Anh Tam. Arbitrator - Commercial Mediator - Commercial Arbitration Center

Summary of work experience:

Mr. Tam has 25 years of experience in the Treasury and Finance and Banking industries. At the same time, he is also the CEO of Hoang Minh Tam Law Firm and is currently the Head of Anh Tam Law Office under the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association. He used to participate in criminal cases to protect the disadvantaged in society such as women, children, the poor in society...

At VAHC: Co founder, Club Vice President, Head of Legal Chamber

 

 

  Mr.  Taiyo Nagata

Full name: Taiyo Nagata

Current position: Head of Renewable Energy Division, Obayashi Corporation 

Summary of work experience:

After working as an ME engineer at Obayashi Corporation for 7 years, Mr. Nagata enrolled in the MBA program of the University of Washington in the United States in 2019-2020. After returning to Obayashi Japan, he engaged in business planning and personnel work at the head office. Since 2021, he has been involved in the development of a new business, green energy, as part of the research and development activities at the headquarters, while also designing the MEPt, estimating and managing the construction. built on site at a local subsidiary in Vietnam.

At VAHC: Co founder, Head of EPC Chamber

 

 

 Mr.Takeaki Uchida

Full name: Takeaki Uchida

Current position: Vice Chairman in charge of new energy

Summary of work experience:

 Dr. Takeaki Uchida, Vice Chairman in charge of new energy, Mr. Uchida gradulated from Waseda University. His professions: Marketer, Consultant, Developer of various industries (Energy, Advertising, Trading and more) He is the Founder and CEO of ICM COMMUNICATIONS INC (Marketing, Consulting, Development) http://icm-c.com/

Nippon Solar Co.,Ltd (Supplier and solution for solar energy & EV, EMS business)  http://www.nipponsolar.co.jp/index_En

At VAHC: Vice Chairman

 

 

 Mr.  Cuong Dang 

Full name: Cuong Dang

Current position: Founder/Publisher, Forbes Vietnam 

Summary of work experience:

Mr. Cuong Dang is Founder/Publisher, Forbes Vietnam | Entrepreneur, investor, senior advisor, keynote speaker, host. He joined VAHC Club from January 2024 as the Secretary-General and Vice Chairman

At VAHC:  Secretary-General, Vice Chairman

 

 

Mr.  Nguyen Hong Quan 

Full name : Nguyen Hong Quan 

Current position: currently an associate professor at the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city (VNU-HCM)

Summary of work experience:

Dr. NGUYEN Hong Quan is currently an associate professor at the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city (VNU-HCM). He is leading a newly established Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) and also affiliated with socio-hydrology group at center of Water management and Climate Change (WACC), Institute for Environment and Resources (IER), VNU-HCM.

He has a special interest in solving environmental related issues based on inter/trans-disciplinary study and by a strong partnership among academia-industry-government. He has been working in environmental hydrology (e.g. saline intrusion, flood/drought, water pollution) in Southern Vietnam over the past 20 years and expanded his expertise in other disciplines e.g. climate change adaptation/mitigation, circular economy, socio-ecological system, sustainability science

Dr. Nguyen has been leading and participating in number of projects (international, national, ministerial, provincial levels) with total funding of about 1,500,000 US Dollars. He has published actively at various (inter-)national journals, conferences/workshops including 77 ISI/Scopus indexed articles (75 % in Q1, Q2), including 2 impact ones e.g. Nature, Sustainable development, Sustainable Cities and Society, Science of The Total Environment. He currently serves as member of Editorial board of Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) and Frontier – Sustainability, section Circular Economy.

At VAHC: Co Founder, Technology Chamber

 

 

Mr.   Shin Kawaguchi   

Full name: Shin Kawaguchi 

Current position:  Former President of SMBC Operation Services Japan

Summary of work experience: 

Mr. Shin Kawaguchi is also currently a Member of the Auditing & Supervisory Board of Sugita Ace Co. Ltd. and Toba Inc., both listed on the TSE Standard Market and as Corporate Auditors of VFR Inc. venture drone investment company. He also serves the NPO Hawaii Aloha Life Enrichment Association and the GIA Su-Clu-Lab Terrace, a volunteer association dedicated to so-called Inclusion activities (living with people with disabilities, specifically children with a spectrum disorder). autism and conduct disorder, in society) as a director.

 

In 2020, he stepped down as Chairman of SMBC Operations Services, a 100% subsidiary of SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation), where he oversaw the logistics and logistics operations of the banking business during water. Prior to his appointment to this position in 2018, he was the CEO of SMBC Central Services, the company's former name from 2015 to 2017.

 

Until 2011, when he was appointed as Auditing & Supervisory Board Member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial group, Co., namely holding the position of General Manager of Quality Management Department where he was responsible for all customer satisfaction issues of the bank, retail banking business area manager, General manager of the Financial Advisory Department, where he leads the retail branch business of the host bank weak in this area. sells securities and insurance, and is the Branch Manager of Kagoshima, Kyushu, where he has done a number of corporate finance transactions.

 

By December 1998, when the Japanese Government allowed banks to start selling mutual funds, Mr. Kawaguchi worked hard to lay the groundwork for this business for Sumitomo Bank as Deputy General Manager of the Division. Business Investment Services. Before taking on that responsibility, nearly his entire career at the bank was in corporate research and planning, including positions; Chief Economist in Europe (1987-1990), Chief Economist in the US (1990-1992), Deputy Head of Planning Department (1996-1997).

At VAHC:  Head of Finance and Investment Chamber

 

 

Mr.  Nguyen Hoai Phuong  

Full name : Nguyen Hoai Phuong

Current position:  Deputy Director of BIDV Bank, Gia Dinh Branch

Summary of work experience: With 12 years of experience working at Vietnam's leading financial institution BIDV, Nguyen Hoai Phuong has worked in many different core segments in the bank including Corporate Clients , Risk Management, Credit Due Diligence, Board Secretary, and Big Data Analytics. Currently, Phuong is a Deputy Director at Gia Dinh Branch, one of BIDV's leading branches in Ho Chi Minh City with the capital mobilization and credit scale reaching VND 10,400 and VND 9,250 billion, respectively.

At VAHC: Finance and Investment Chamber 

 

 

Ms.Lim, Amanda, Ph.D, MBA, MKIM, MHKCS

 

Full name :Lim, Amanda, Ph.D, MBA, MKIM, MHKCS

Current position: Director of ACH Worldwide, Director of GreatMeta Ltd, 

Summary of work experience:

Dr. Lim, Amanda is a Director of ACH Worldwide, a Director of GreatMeta Ltd, a Mentor of HKSTP Mentorship Programme, a part-time Project Supervisor of The University of Manchester (MBS) Global MBA programme, the convenor of Metaverse Asia Expo, and a columnist of online & offline magazines. She got her Assistant Professor ranking from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

 She is the Vice President of the Association of Blockchain Development, the founding president of E-Business Association and a previous Court Member of the University of Hong Kong. 

In 2013, she received the first class award in the national postdoctoral finance conference at Tianjin owing to a published research article.

She got her Bachelor Degree of Social Sciences (Economics) from the University of Hong Kong, Master Degree of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Manchester, PhD (Management) from Renmin University of China and Postdoctoral Certificate from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

She got her Cryptocurrency course certificate from BerkerleyX, Fintech course certificate from HKUx and her Contract Law course Certificate from HarvardX.

At VAHC:  Technology Chamber

 

 

Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Mai

 

Full name: Dinh Thi Thanh Mai

Current position: the Director of Global Relations of FPT Distribution.

Summary of work experience:  Graduating with a master's degree in business administration from FPT University and a member of FPT since 2004, Ms. Mai has held many different positions, from assistant to the president of FPT to in charge of external relations.

At VAHC: Chair of External Relation Chamber

 

 

Mr.  Bui Quang Anh Vu

 

Full name:  Bui Quang Anh Vu

Current position: General Director of Phát Đạt Real Estate Development Joint Stock Company.

Summary of work experience: Mr. Vu has experience as Director of Securities Business of Thanh Cong Textile and Garment Group, Director of Investment Banking Division of Thanh Cong Securities Joint Stock Company, and currently General Director of Phát Đạt Real Estate Development Joint Stock Company.

 

At VAHC: Head of Natural Resources Chamber, in charge of land and water resources to develop hydrogen project

 

Professional Profiles

 

Expert Ho Chi Thanh , Finance & Investment Department:

 

Mr. Hồ Chí Thanh, MBA, former credit analysist at ACB and now Manager at HCM City Corporate Marketing Center at Shinhanbank Vietnam for non Korean sector.

Expert Nguyen Thuy Hang, Finance & Investment Department:

   

 Nguyen Thuy Hang,  consultant of  Corporate Finance - Banking.Has 30 years of working experience, of which 10 years of experience working in foreign companies, 7 years of working experience at Banks, 13 years of working experience. working experience at domestic companies related to production, business, real estate development and self-investment 

 Finance and investment expert , Mr. Nguyen Van Phong

 

Expert   Nguyen Hoai Phuong  , Finance & Investment Department:

Nguyen Hoai Phuong BIDV, banking and finance expert. With 12 years of experience working at Vietnam's leading financial institution BIDV and   currently working as Deputy Director at Gia Dinh Branch, one of BIDV's leading branches in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 

 

Expert  Nguyen Thi Dam Tien  ,   financial consultant, accounting and auditing:

Nguyen Thi Dam Tien is currently  Deputy Managing Director of DNP Financial Consulting and Auditing Company Limited

Graduated from University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City; Over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting and auditing.