1. CONTACT V.U.B. - Free University of Brussels Centre for International Law - Room 4.B.346 Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium Tel.: (+32) (0)2/629.26.39 Fax: (+32) (0)2/629.36.98 E-mail: ldinhngo@vub.ac.be CFI - The Committee of the Government of Vietnam on Frontier Issues Marine Affairs Department Hanoi Vietnam Tel.: (+84) (0) 80 44236 Fax : (+84) (0) 82 36920 E-mail: linhdn@apexmail.com

2. EDUCATION

• 2000: Candidate for the Ph.D. Program, Free University of Brussels - Center for International Law

• 1999: LL.M. Free University of Brussels (PILC Program)

• July 1998: training course on "Technical Aspects of Ocean Boundary-Making", supported by CIDA in Hanoi, Vietnam (certificate)

• August 1997: training course on Petroleum Policy and Management (Part I: Government) under auspice and sponsorship of the Norwegian International Program for Petroleum Management and Administration in Co-operation with PetroVietnam (certificate)

• October 1997: training course on "Peaceful settlement of disputes and international economic law" launched by Hague International Law Institute, 26th external program in Hanoi (certificate)

• December 1997: training course on "Maritime Safety Management" arranged by SSPA Maritime Consulting AB under auspices and sponsorship of SIDA in Goteborg, Sweden (certificate)

• 1996: B.A., Hanoi Open University

• April 1994: practice at local court of Hai Ba Trung districts, Hanoi, Vietnam

• 1994: L.L.B. Vietnam National University

3. EXPERIENCE

• 1994-present: legal officer in Marine Affairs Department, The Committee of the Government of Vietnam on Frontier Issues

• April 1995: inspector in Cable Innovator ship laying optical cable through Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zones

• May 1995: Vice chairman of the Youth Union of the office of Vietnam's Government

• 1996: Member of the Law Association of the office of the Vietnam's Goverrnment

• June 1998: participated in the first meeting of the working group of experts on hydrographic data and information exchange, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

• August 1998: member of the Vietnamese experts in negotiating delegation on the question of Paracels and Spratly archipelagoes (fourth round at Beijing, China)

• May 1999: member of the provisional starring committee for policy-making on petroleum industry

4. RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Law
Law of the Sea
Marine Pollution and Environmental Law

5. Ph.D. (in preparation)

The Ph.D. title is "The recent development in the Law of the Sea relating to transboundary fisheries regime and the regional cooperation to conserve and manage the marine fisheries resources - European and South China Sea area- comparative analysis" will be written under the supervision of Head supervisor prof. Dr. Erik Franckx (director of the Centre for International Law, Free University of Brussels)

6. PUBLICATIONS.

Dinh Ngoc Linh, ASEAN and the dispute over Paracels and Spratly, Frontiers and Territory Magazine, No 1, 1998.

Dinh Ngoc Linh, UNCLOS 1982's provisions on the protection of marine environment, presented paper at the conference, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Vietnam, 1998.