Nguyen Thuy Van is Vietnamese and holds a Ph.D. in Educational Management and Administration from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and continues doing postdocs teaching and research at the school of Education. Her main area of interest is the study related to student development in personality, academic, social skills, and career improvement.  She dedicated her Ph.D. thesis in academic advising in Malaysian public universities for student graduate on time and success and tries to explore the strengths and challenges in the Malaysian Higher education environment for local and international students. Her teaching fields are "pedagogy" in teacher training for undergraduates and "student development" for postgraduate students. She has over 10 articles published in the Scopus journal related to academic advising, teaching, and learning.