Huong Lan Vu
Alternate Lead for Asia Communications - Communications Officer @International Monetary Fund
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WORK HISTORY
Alternate Lead for Asia Communications - Communications Officer @International Monetary Fund
Washington, DC, US
Serve as Alternate Team Lead for Asia Communications. Our team provides strategic communications advice and planning for 36 country teams in the Asia and Pacific.· Serve as a lead communications officer with a focus on media relations for 12 countries in Asia, including two largest lending programs in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. · Support communications for the World Economic Outlook series and climate-related issues.· Advise country teams on communications challenges and develop contingency plans. · Pitch/arrange interviews with international and regional media, organize press briefings, and place op-eds for countries under my purview.· Spearhead the organization of the Regional Economic Outlook (REO) launch in Asia. · Co-lead regional media training for journalists from developing and emerging market countries.
EDUCATION
The Academy of Journalism and Communications
Bachelor, Journalism
Northwestern University
Master of Science, Journalism (New Media)
SKILLS
ABOUT HUONG LAN VU
I am a highly creative and strategic communications expert with 17 years of experience in Asia and the US.I currently serve as the alternate team lead for Asia communications at the International Monetary Fund. Our team provides strategic communications advice and planning for 36 economies in the Asia and Pacific Department. I am the lead communications officer for 12 countries, including the two largest programs in the region.On a regional scale, I am in charge of organizing the the Regional Economic Outlook launches in Singapore and India in 2022 and 2023. I led/co-led the organization of regional media training courses held in India and Singapore. Before that, I spent more than five years at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) based in Singapore. As AMRO\'s first Public Relations Officer, I led an effort to turn this young international organization into a thought leader in macroeconomics and financial stability in East and Southeast Asia. AMRO has been featured in top global and regional news outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC, BBC, Nikkei Asian Review, CNA, the Business Times, to name a few.Prior to joining AMRO, I was part of the World Bank\'s East Asia Pacific digital communications team, where she adopted innovation and technologies in story-telling. During that time, I led communications initiatives for more than 10 multi-million projects across industries ranging from education, health, to infrastructure and agriculture. I was humbled and proud to contribute to these projects that brought life-changing impact to some of the most vulnerable communities in my home country, Vietnam.Before moving into public relations and communications, I worked as a journalist in Vietnam and the US for four years, which equipped me with a strong editorial sense and solid understanding of news generation. At the age of 27, I was appointed to be the youngest Managing Editor of VietNamNet Newspaper, where I led a team of seasoned journalists and contributing writers to win the Best Team of the Year award in 2011.I believe in the paying it forward and giving back to the society. I have been involved in a number of community projects in Vietnam. These programs included providing hands-on training on media skills for students and young journalists, improving teaching skills for kindergarten teachers to work with autistic kids, and providing unique learning experience to ethnic minority students. I am the co-author and editor of a book titled “News Gathering and Writing: A Practical Guide to Journalism.”
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