ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Now: PhD Candidate of Philosophy (Architectural Behavior), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan.
20011: Master of Art (Architecture and Urban Planning), University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP), Germany.
2005: Degree of Architecture, University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City (UAH), Vietnam.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2024 until now: Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), Vietnam.
- 2018 to 2025: PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, College of Planning and Design, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan.
- 2013 to 2018: Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), Vietnam.
- 2005 to 2008: Architect, Design Consultant and Investment of Constructions One Member Limited Liability Company-Ministry of Defence (DCCD), Viet Nam.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Landscape and Architectural Design.
- Urban Planning.
- Environmental psychology.
- Architectural and behavioral studies.
- Response of climate change and disaster.
- Eco-architecture and Eco-tourism studies.
- Community development studies.
PUBLICATIONS
Thao, H. T. P., & Nam, N. D. (2018, April). Study on energy efficiency in Vietnamese row house-case study of Tang Nhon Phu A Ward, District 9, HCMC. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 143, No. 1, p. 012071). IOP Publishing.
Zhang, H., Nam, N. D., & Hu, Y. C. (2020). The Impacts of Visual Factors on Resident’s Perception, Emotion and Place Attachment. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 5(14), 237-243.
Zhang, H., Nguyen-Dinh, N., & Pan, Z. W. (2020). Using Structural Equation Modeling to Evaluate Tourists’ Revisit Intention toward Ecotourism Sites. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 5(15), 229-236.
Zhang, H., Nguyen-Dinh, N., Hussein, H., & Ho, H. W. (2022). The Effect of Healing Perception on the Visitors’ Place Attachment and Their Loyalty toward a Metropolitan Park—Under the Aspect of Environmental Design. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(12), 7060.
Nguyen-Dinh, N., & Zhang, H. (2025). Do Positive Environmental Changes Impact Residents’ Intention of Rural Development? Role of Leisure and Quality of Life. Sustainability, 17(3), 1245.