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Senior Research Associate

PhD. in Hydrology and Water Resources, Wageningen University - Netherlands

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Trần Đức Dũng
Trần Đức Dũng

Dung Tran-Duc is Senior Research Associate and Vice Director at the Center of Water Management and Climate Change, Institute for Environment and Resources, Vietnam, since February 2020. He holds a PhD in Hydrology and Water Resources from Wageningen University, Netherlands, and has published on Mekong Delta water management and flood dynamics in Agricultural Water Management and Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. His research focuses on GIS and Remote Sensing and its application in Hydro Science, including flood risk forecasting and multi-objective reservoir applications in hydrological models.

Curriculum vitae:

Other affilication:

Institute for Environment and Resources

Country:

Vietnam

Research fields of interest:

GIS, Remote Sensing (Flood-risks forecasting downstream from soil moisture content upstream, Multi-objective Reservoir and application of GIS and Remote Sensing in hydrological models) and its application in Hydro Science.

PUBLICATIONS

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Reviews of Geophysics

2026

Edward Park, Christopher R. Hackney, Dung Duc Tran, Mette Bendixen, Jim Best, Kai Wan Yuen, Hannah Runeckles, Md Sadiul Alam Chyon, Karl Kästner, Sonu Kumar, Halinishi Yusuf, Vanessa Lamb, Lars L. Iversen, Aelis Spiller, Rajiv Sinha, Eduardo Francisco da Silva, Enner Alcantara, Chengcheng Wu, Chengpeng Lu, Chu Jian, Jingyu Wang, Nguyen Duc Thien, Lian Feng, Priyank Pravin Patel, Jiachun Huang, Adam D. Switzer

Keywords:

Mining and Resource Management, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics

Environmental Research Communications

2026

Sharon Chua, Jingyu Wang, Luojie Dong, Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health

Science Advances

2026

Sonu Kumar, Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Thanh Quoc Vo, Karl Kästner, Sameh Kantoush, Doan Van Binh, Jiachun Huang, Jingyu Wang, Adam D. Switzer

Keywords:

Sand Mining, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Riverbed Erosion, Salinity Intrusion, Sediment Transport, Numerical Modeling

EGUsphere (preprint)

2026

Dung Duc Tran, Nguyen Duc Thien, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang, Do Quang Linh

Keywords:

Reservoir Operation, Flood Risk Management, Hydrodynamic Modelling, Compound Flooding, Multi-objective Optimization, Dong Nai–Sai Gon River Basin

Physical Geography

2026

Huu Duy Nguyen, Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Minh Cuong Ha

Keywords:

Red River Delta, Vietnam, Soil Salinity, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Agriculture

Journal of Hydrology

2026

Chengcheng Wu, Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Jingyu Wang, Nguyen Le Duy, Grigorios Vasilopoulos, Chengpeng Lu

Keywords:

Sand Mining, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Groundwater Storage, Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction, Riverbed Incision

Geophysical Research Letters

2026

Junjun Li, Jingyu Wang, Hui Su, Xianfeng Wang, Edward Park, Raju Pathak, Dung Duc Tran, Luojie Dong

Keywords:

Southeast Asia, Extreme Precipitation, Pluvial Flooding, Disaster Database, Tropical Cyclones, Early Warning

iScience

2025

Doan Van Binh, Dung Duc Tran, Vũ Hoàng Thái Dương, Jonas Bauer, Edward Park, Ho Huu Loc

Keywords:

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Cell Reports Sustainability

2025

Paolo Tarolli, Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Ho Huu Loc, Wei Wei, Ciprian Mărgărint, Sumit Das, Antony Brown, Giulio Castelli

Keywords:

Cultural Identity, Cultural Heritage, Food Security, Climate Change, Agrifood Systems, Rice Terraces

Environmental Technology & Innovation

2025

Huu Duy Nguyen, Dinh Kha Dang, Thi Thanh Huyen Dinh, Minh Cuong Ha, Quang Hai Truong, Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Quang-Thanh Bui, Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor

Keywords:

Soil Salinity, Red River Delta, Vietnam, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Agriculture

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

2025

Huu Duy Nguyen, Dinh Kha Dang, Thi Anh Tam Lai, Duc Dung Tran, Himan Shahabi, Quang-Thanh Bui

Keywords:

Soil Salinity, Red River Delta, Vietnam, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Adaptation

Journal of Environmental Management

2025

Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Jingyu Wang, Ho Huu Loc, Janice Lee, Shaohua Zhan, Sameh A. Kantoush

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Livelihoods, Salinity Intrusion, Land Use Change, Sand Mining, Adaptation

Geography and sustainability

2025

Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Philip S.J. Minderhoud, Ryan Clarke, Faith Ka Shun Chan

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Land Subsidence, Sand Mining, Groundwater Extraction, Salinity Intrusion, Water Management

Journal of Hydraulic Research

2025

Ngoc Anh Le, Phong Nguyen Thanh, Duong Tran Anh, Tuan Nam Tran, Quoc Thanh Vo, Thu Van Can, Thi Thu Thao Tran, Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Sea Level Rise, Sediment Transport, Hydrodynamic Regime, Estuary Morphodynamics, Numerical Modelling, Vietnam

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2024

Can Thu Van, Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy, Can The Viet, Le Ngoc Anh, Vu Thi Van Anh, Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Flood Risk Management, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Vulnerability, Flood Risk Mapping

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

2024

Faith Ka Shun Chan, Amelie Paszkowski, Zilin Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Gordon Mitchell, Duc Dung Tran, Jeroen Warner, Jianfeng Li, Yongqin David Chen, Nan Li, Indrajit Pal, James Griffiths, Jiannan Chen, Wei-Qiang Chen, Yong-Guan Zhu

Keywords:

Asian Mega-Deltas, Delta Resilience, Coastal Flooding, Saline Intrusion, Climate Change, Adaptation

Irrigation and Drainage

2024

Van Huynh Thanh Pham, Van Hoa Ho, Dung Duc Tran, Tien Duy Pham, Duc Ngoc Huynh, Nguyen Xuan Quang Chau

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Rice Yield, Surface Water Resources, An Giang Province, Water Management

Journal of Hydrology

2024

Yikang Feng, Edward Park, Jingyu Wang, Lian Feng, Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, River Plume, Suspended Sediment, Remote Sensing, Coastal Mangroves

Journal of Hydrology

2024

Dung Duc Tran, Pham Thi Bich Thuc, Edward Park, Phan Thi Thanh Hang, Duong Ba Man, Jingyu Wang

Keywords:

Salinity Intrusion, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Ben Tre Province, Freshwater Exploitation, Hydrodynamic Modeling, Climate Change

Ambio

2024

Tran, T. A., Tran, D. D., Van Vo, O., Pham, V. H. T., Van Tran, H., Yong, M. L., Le, P. V. and Dang, P. T.

Keywords:

Adaptive management, Climate Change, Saltwater Intrusion, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Water scarcity, Water security

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

2024

Samuel Li Cheng Xin, Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Kai Wan Yuen, Jingyu Wang

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Sand Mining, Sense of Place, Noise Pollution, Environment

Heliyon

2024

Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Can Thu Van, Thien Duc Nguyen, Au Hai Nguyen, Tran Che Linh, Pham Hong Quyen, Duong Anh Tran, Hong Quan Nguyen

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Organic Rice, Rice-Lotus Farming, Ecological Farming, Sustainable Rice Production

Communications Earth & Environment

2024

Kai Wan Yuen, Edward Park, Dung Duc Tran, Ho Huu Loc, Lian Feng, Jingyu Wang, Charles-Robin Gruel, Adam D. Switzer

Keywords:

Illegal Sand Mining, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Riverbed Sand Extraction, Sand Mining Regulation, Water Management

Hydrology

2024

Dang Hoa Vinh, Dung Duc Tran, Dao Dinh Cham, Phan Thi Thanh Hang, Duong Ba Man, Danh Mon, Luu Hai Tung, Le Van Kiem, Thien Duc Nguyen, Duong Thi Ngoc Tuyen

Keywords:

Ca Mau Province, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Rainwater Harvesting, Groundwater, Water Management

Earth System Science Data

2024

Wei Jing Ang, Edward Park, Yadu Pokhrel, Dung Duc Tran, Ho Huu Loc

Keywords:

Mekong, Dams, Hydropower Potential, Laos, Spatiotemporal Analysis, Water Management

The Extractive Industries and Society

2024

Kai Wan Yuen, Diganta Das, Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park

Keywords:

Sand Mining, Sand Trade, Southeast Asia, Material Accounting, Trade Data Quality

Journal of Environmental Management

2024

Rachel Yu San Lau, Edward Park, Yu Qing Koh, Dung Duc Tran, Sameh A. Kantoush, Doan Van Binh, Ho Huu Loc

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Sand Mining, Riverbed Incision, Sentinel-1 SAR, Sustainable Development

The Mekong River Basin - Ecohydrological complexity from catchment to coast

2024

Tran, D. D., Hoang, L. P. and Tran, T. A.

Keywords:

Farmers’ livelihoods, Adaptation, Vietnamese Mekong Delta, VMD

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2023

Tran, D. D., Nguyen, T. D., Park, E., Nguyen, T. D., Ngoc, P. T. A., Vo, T. T., & Nguyen, A. H.

Keywords:

Vulnerability, SWOT, Climate Change, Rice, Mekong Delta

Environmental Technology & Innovation

2023

Dung Duc Tran, Edward Park, Thong Anh Tran, Thang Tat Vo and Phong Thanh Le

Keywords:

Polders, Livelihoods, Intensifications, Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Rural transformation

Geophysical Research Letters

2023

Luojie Dong, Jingyu Wang, Xiefei Zhi, Edward Park, Xianfeng Wang, Steve Hung‐Lam Yim, Hugh Zhang, Joshua Lee, Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Peninsular Malaysia, Flood, Mesoscale Convective Systems, Super Typhoon Rai, Extreme Precipitation, Return Period Analysis

Environmental Research

2023

Long Phi Hoang, Miriam Pot, Dung Duc Tran, Loc Huu Ho, Edward Park

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Adaptive Capacity, Dyke Systems, Flood Regime, Rice Farming, Vulnerability

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2021

Dung Duc Tran, Man Minh Dang, Bui Du Duong, William Sea and Thang Tat Vo

Keywords:

Drought, Salinity, Sustainability, Vulnerable, Adaptation, Mekong Delta

Applied Sciences

2020

Nasrin Fathollahzadeh Attar, Quoc Bao Pham, Sajad Fani Nowbandegani, Mohammad Rezaie-Balf, Chow Ming Fai, Ali Najah Ahmed, Saeed Pipelzadeh, Tran Duc Dung, Pham Thi Thao Nhi, Dao Nguyen Khoi, Ahmed El-Shafie

Keywords:

Urmia Lake, Iran, Streamflow Prediction, Data-Driven Models, Hydrology

Sustainable Development

2020

Nguyen Hong Quan, Tran Duc Dung, Dang Kim Khoi, Dorien Korbee, Pham Dang Manh Hong Luan, Ho Huu Loc, Vu Thi Lan, Luu Thi Tang, Nguyen Tan Phat, Ngo Thi Thu Trang, Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, Andrew Wyatt, Maaike van Aalst, Tran Anh Thong, William Sea

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Land Use, Livelihoods, Sustainability

Agricultural Water Management

2019

Dung Duc Tran, Gerardo van Halsema, Petra J.G.J. Hellegers, Long Phi Hoang, Fulco Ludwig

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Water Management, Sustainability, Economic Assessment

Water

2019

Chetan Sharma, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Quoc Bao Pham, Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh, Chow Ming Fai, Ho Huu Loc, Tran Duc Dung

Keywords:

India, GCM Bias, Precipitation Downscaling, Ganga River Basin, Hydrology

Water

2019

Viet Thang Le, Nguyen Hong Quan, Ho Huu Loc, Nguyen Thi Thanh Duyen, Tran Duc Dung, Hiep Duc Nguyen and Quang Hung Do

Keywords:

Water Quality, Spatial Analysis, Temporal Analysis, Multidisciplinary Approach

Water

2019

Vinh Hoa Dang, Dung Duc Tran, Thuc Bich Thi Pham, Dao Nguyen Khoi, Phuong Ha Tran, Ninh Trung Nguyen

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Freshwater, Coastal Estuaries, Water Management

Toxics

2019

Quang Huu Le, Dung Duc Tran, Yi-Ching Chen and Huong Lan Nguyen

Keywords:

Vietnam, Lead Exposure, Transport, Health Risk, Highland Province

Sustainable Cities and Society

2019

Hong Quan Nguyen, Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Thi Kim Ngan Bui, Dung Duc Tran, Long Phi Ho, Viet Thanh Tong, Luu Trung Phung Huynh, Nguyen Xuan Quang Chau, Thi Thu Trang Ngo, Assela Pathirana, Huu Loc Ho

Keywords:

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Urban Flooding, Flood Risk, Retrofitting

Agricultural Water Management

2018

Dung Duc Tran, Gerardo van Halsema, Petra J.G.J. Hellegers, Fulco Ludwig, Chris Seijger

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Dike Construction, Sustainable Livelihoods, Flood Management

PhD thesis, Wageningen University

2018

Dung Duc Tran

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Dike Construction, Flood Dynamics, Rice Farming, Adaptation

Journal of Environmental Management

2018

Dung Duc Tran, Gerardovan Halsema, Petra J.G.J. Hellegers, Fulco Ludwig, and Andrew Wyattd

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Triple Rice Intensification, Environment, Agriculture

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

2018

Dung Duc Tran, Gerardo van Halsema, Petra J. G. J. Hellegers, Long Phi Hoang, Tho Quang Tran, Matti Kummu, and Fulco Ludwig

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Dike Construction, Flood Dynamics, Water Management

Irrigation and Drainage

2017

D.D. Tran and J.Weger

Keywords:

Vietnamese Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Irrigation, Drainage Policy, An Giang Province

International Journal of Water Governance

2015

Anna Wesselink, Jeroen Warner, Md Abu Syed, Faith Chan, Dung Duc Tran, Hamidul Huq, Fredrik Huthoff, Ngan Le Thuy, Nicholas Pinter, Martijn Van Staveren, Philippus Wester and Arjen Zegwaard

Keywords:

Flood Risk Management, Deltas, Global Sample

Artikel Jurnal SDA

2010

S.J. Sutanto, J.Zafra, F. Anvarifar, T.D. Dung

Keywords:

France, Hydrology, Geology, Water Quality, Catchment Assessment

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