Dr. Chu Duc Hoang
Chief of Office, National Technology Innovation Fund (NATIF)
- Years of experience
- 20+
- Publications
- 50+
- Citations
- 482
- h-index
- 8
Citation count, h-index and i10-index per the Google Scholar profile, updated August 2026.
About
Dr. Chu Duc Hoang holds a PhD in Electronics and Biomedical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), and was a visiting researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Since 2016 he has served as Chief of Office of the National Technology Innovation Fund (NATIF) at the Ministry of Science and Technology, while also serving as Head of the Fund's Funding & Commissioning Department and Chairman of its Labor Union.
In managing the national technology innovation fund, he helps direct the Fund's operations and contributes to refining the financial mechanisms and policies that support enterprise technology innovation. The through-line of that work is bringing state support closer to enterprises — particularly small and medium ones — as they build technological capability, adopt digital tools, and grow sustainably.
Alongside his management role, he is a visiting lecturer at VNU University of Engineering and Technology (VNU-UET) and other training institutions; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Young Scientists and Engineers (VAYSE); and a management advisor to several research institutes.
Before joining NATIF, he served as a project manager at the Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF), and taught and conducted research in Biomedical Engineering at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HUST (2004–2016). As an entrepreneur, he is Co-founder and Chairman of Zinmed Vietnam JSC — a digital-health startup applying IoT and cloud computing to chronic-disease management.
Academically, he has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific publications, over 20 domestic and international conference papers, and 4 books and edited volumes. Per his Google Scholar profile (updated August 2026), his work has been cited 482 times, with an h-index of 8 and an i10-index of 5, concentrated in Biomedical Engineering, technology-innovation policy, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.
Primary Roles
- 1Chief of Office, National Technology Innovation Fund
- 2Head of the Funding & Commissioning Department, National Technology Innovation Fund
- 3Chairman of the Labor Union, National Technology Innovation Fund
Concurrent Roles
- Visiting Lecturer, VNU University of Engineering and Technology and other training institutions
- Vice Chairman, Vietnam Association of Young Scientists and Engineers
- Management Advisor to several research institutes
Areas of Expertise
1Science, Technology & Innovation Management and Policy
Designing and refining technology-innovation policy, developing the Triple-Helix ecosystem (Government – Academia – Industry), and managing national-scale funds and research grant programmes.
2Research & Teaching in Biomedical Engineering, Electronics, IoT, Data and Digital Transformation
Teaching and research across biomedical engineering, electronics, IoT, big-data analytics and artificial intelligence; supervising doctoral researchers and leading interdisciplinary research groups.
3Advisory & Consulting for Technology-Innovation Projects and Startups
Advising, appraising and accompanying technology-innovation projects, science-and-technology enterprises and startups — from idea formation and technology maturation through to commercialization and fundraising.
Notable Positions & Roles
- Coordinator — LIF Vietnam R&D Commercialization Network, supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) and the Newton Fund
- Coordinator of the Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP) between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea, with Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance and KIBO
- Advisory Board Member & Jury — Hack4Growth (AVSE Global) and the National Techfest
- Executive Committee Member — Vietnam–Canada Friendship Association (CVFA)
- Administrator — Vietnam Biomedical Engineering Community
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