Dr Van Nguyen has been Deputy Resident Representative of
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in
Pakistan since August 2023. She has worked with UNDP for
more than two decades, starting in her home country of Viet
Nam and serving in Papua New Guinea, Malawi, South Sudan,
Ukraine, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, where she was Deputy
Resident Representative from 2019 to 2023. Her postings
have covered least developed, middle-income and post-crisis
countries. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration
from the University of Liverpool, an MBA from Northcentral
University, and Bachelor's degrees in International Law and
French Linguistics from Hanoi.