Professor Dang Phong, a leading expert on the Doi Moi (Renovation) period in Vietnam, passed away Friday in Hanoi.
Economist Phong, 73, struggled with cancer for a long time, according to his family.
Phong was regarded as one of the few economic and historical researchers in Vietnam, particularly on the renovation period when Vietnam was transferred from the centralized to market-oriented economy.
He had worked for years at the Vietnam Economic Institute, and once held the leadership of the Economic Faculty in the Hanoi Business and Technology University.
With his wide knowledge on the Vietnamese economy, Prof. Phong was invited to lecture at many renowned universities and research institutes in the world.
He wrote a huge number of books about Vietnamese economy, including A comparison between Vietnamese renovation and Chinese economic reforms (2003), The history of Vietnamese economy between 1955-1975 (2005), Southern economy between 1954-1975 (2004), The history of Vietnamese economy between 1945-1954 (2002), 21 years of US aids in Vietnam (1991), and Vietnam’s primeval economy (1970).
He also wrote books about the history of Thang Long-Hanoi while he was in hospital for treatment.
He graduated from the history faculty of the Hanoi University in 1960 and the National Economy University in 1964, and finished an advanced training course at the Montpellier Institute, France, in 1991.
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