Tran Thi Hong Lien completed her Ph.D. at Murdoch University (Australia) on the field of corporate governance. She has years of experience in corporate training and consulting for medium to large private companies and public organizations, in leadership, corporate culture, corporate design and strategic management. Currently, she is the vice dean of Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. She started corporate governance research in 2009 and has published in both English and Vietnamese on the topic. Her research is on the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance, with empirical evidence from listed companies in Vietnam and the ASEAN region.