Thi Thanh Le , Ngan

Ngan Thi Thanh Le is a postdoctoral researcher with the Dsolve project and Marine Resource Economics group at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway. She holds a PhD in Social Science from UiT, Norway and a master's degree in public economics from ICU, Japan. Previously, she was a Lecturer and Researcher at Nha Trang University in Vietnam for about 15 years. Since 2024, she has primarily worked on projects focused on plastic pollution reduction in the aquaculture industry, examining various challenges related to governance incentives, policy evaluation and management, social acceptance, and sustainability.

Research interests

Le's research focuses on governance incentives for reducing plastic pollution in the aquaculture industry. She integrates economic analysis with climate adaptation strategies for salmon and shrimp farming.

Publications

Choice of climate risk adaptive measures in shrimp farming—A case study from the Mekong, Vietnam

Climatic events and disease occurrence in intensive Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp farming in the Mekong area of Vietnam

A study of economic efficiency, adaptive measures to extreme climatic events, and drivers of disease in Vietnamese white leg shrimp aquaculture

Determinants of inefficiency in shrimp aquaculture under environmental impacts: Comparing shrimp production systems in the Mekong, Vietnam

Microlevel impacts of remittances on household behavior: Viet Nam case study

Profit and cost efficiency analysis in banking sector: A case of stochastic frontier approach for Vietnam