success story


Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy Tien, alumni K01. She is one of the alumni achieve success in work and life.

Tien Nguyen is currently a PhD candidate and a casual tutor of WOS. Her thesis – “How does board capital contribute to firm performance?” seeks to understand the influence of the collective human and social capital at board level on firm financial outcomes. Tien has a background across the fields of International business, Organizational Studies, and Corporate Governance. She got her bachelor degree in International Business in Vietnam and her MBA in Human Resources Management in the US. Her previous working experience includes a teaching career at The University of Economics and Law in Vietnam, and a variety of HR positions in Vietnam and Singapore.

Some accomplishments that she achieved as:

2012               Australian Development Scholarship for the PhD program, (AU$300,000).

2008               Scholarship for Outstanding Student. University of Houston in Clear Lake, (US$9,000).

2007               Scholarship for New student – Dollars for Scholars. University of Houston in Clear Lake, (US$9,000).

2006               Award for Best Student of Batch 10 (Rank 1st of the Batch of 30 students) in the MBA foundation program in Vietnam - Center of International Education – Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, (US$4,500).

2005               Award and Honor for Best Student of Batch 1 (top graduate with highest academic performance) – University of Economics and Law.

                        HCMC - Student Association’s Honor certificate for Excellent student of the city.

2004   First Prize of the Faculty, and Encouragement Prize of Ministry of Education and Training in “Students with Science Research” competition