{"id":57935,"date":"2022-02-18T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsneu.neu.edu.vn\/en\/?p=57935"},"modified":"2022-02-25T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:58:14","slug":"boise-state-mba-graduate-rises-to-prominence-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsneu.neu.edu.vn\/en\/2022\/02\/18\/boise-state-mba-graduate-rises-to-prominence-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise State MBA graduate rises to prominence in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9c86d85409f73e1b0f64f5fe2217b6dd\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Ads: 628995940 -->\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-628995940\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\r\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\r\n  gtag('js', new Date());\r\n\r\n  gtag('config', 'AW-628995940');\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1052566\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/Tran-Thi-Van-Hoa-at-NEU-1225x903-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tran Thi Van Hoa at National Economics University\" class=\"wp-image-1052566\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tran Thi Van Hoa at National Economics University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Story by Boise State Distinguished Professor Nancy Napier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time I met Tran Thi Van Hoa, she told me her name meant \u201cflower\u201d and it made sense. Hoa\u2019s face is heart-shaped, wide, and bright. She beamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, she still beams but her face also carries the responsibilities of being a vice-rector in charge of academics and research at the National Economics University. That\u2019s the equivalent of being provost at an American university. Despite her administrative responsibilities, she continues to conduct research and publish books and articles in national and international journals. We were fortunate to have her in the second Boise State Vietnam MBA class. She graduated with the class of 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoa\u2019s journey was not easy. She was born the first of six in what she calls the \u201csleepy village\u201d of Vinh Phuc. Her parents brought the family back to the city of Hanoi when she was still a child. Even though Hoa excelled at math, she struggled in other areas. When she \u201cplayed school\u201d with other kids, they mocked her penmanship, grammar and writing, which became a major focus for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoa\u2019s abilities improved dramatically over time. She learned the value of practice, not giving up, and that she could do something when she put her mind to it. Those skills helped later when she was to start the Boise State MBA, taught in English. She learned enough English to take part in the program in just six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of her career, she attended a doctoral program at Waseda University in Tokyo and finished the degree at the National Economics University. She was the dean of the university\u2019s business school from 2008 until her promotion to vice-rector in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1052567\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/Tran-Thi-Van-Hoa-at-Tet-with-minority-students-719x826-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hoa with other Vietnamese students.\" class=\"wp-image-1052567\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Hoa at a celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Vietnam, Hoa and a group of her colleagues started the country\u2019s first MBA program for Vietnamese managers at National Economics University. While dean, she helped launch the business school\u2019s bachelor\u2019s degree in business, taught in English. She also created a doctorate in business administration and multiple executive development programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She became a full professor in 2019 with over 100 publications and national recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoa\u2019s husband is also a professor and her daughter, who went to college in the United States, now lives in California. Outside of her regular duties, Hoa is involved in several academic groups in South East Asia and works with women\u2019s associations in the region. She was also on the Hanoi City Council from 2011 to 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoa spent six weeks in Boise during the summer of 1997, taking classes and doing an internship with Cisco. She remembers some of her favorite professors, including Kirk Smith, Rob Anson, and Zeke Sarikis. One of her surprises in Boise was when the Vietnamese participants and Boise State faculty and internship supporters met at my house for dinner. She was shocked that my husband, Tony Olbrich, prepared the meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Vietnam, women cook. Husbands usually stay out of the kitchen. Hoa said the dinner inspired her to \u201clearn more about gender roles and to fight for gender equality in Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who would have expected a man cooking dinner could inspire such a change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>www.boisestate.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tran Thi Van Hoa at National Economics University -Story by Boise State Distinguished Professor Nancy Napier The first time I met Tran Thi Van Hoa, she told me her name meant \u201cflower\u201d and it made sense. Hoa\u2019s face is heart-shaped, wide, and bright. She beamed. 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