Our Team
Executive Board
Hung Tran
Macro Research Director
University of Amsterdam
Hung was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, and later moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he grew up there for 18 years before moving to the Netherlands to pursue a B.S. in Economics and Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
Nam Nguyen
Macro Research Director
New York University
A native of Ho Chi Minh City, Nam later moved to Michigan for high school, before starting his B.A. in Economics at New York University.
A warm welcome to Saigon Equities Forum!
Thank you for visiting us! Our principal goal at SEF is to together learn and make mistakes, making professional-grade equity reports, investment theses and strategies within an educational context, giving each other a platform to hone analytical skills before our analysts apply it in a real-world setting. Feel free to explore around, and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!
Hung and Nam
Co-Founders of Saigon Equities Forum
Equity Research
Tan Ngo
Senior Equity Analyst
Marquette University
Jay Chang
Equity Analyst
University of California, Berkeley
Jay was born in Seoul, Korea, where he lived for 13 years before he moved to Hong Kong and then to Michigan. He is now pursuing B.S. in material science and B.A in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Duy Nguyen
Equity Analyst
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Khai Vo
Equity Analyst
New York University
Macro Research
Minh Tue Hoang
Macro Analyst
University of Melbourne
Growing up in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tue came from an academic background in Psychology, Economics, and Political Science with an emphasis on critical theory in mass media context. She is now an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne, pursuing Finance and Economics with an econometrics focus.
What We Do
The Saigon Equities Forum (SEF) Research Programme is a student-led analyst programme designed to provide hands-on exposure to Vietnamese capital markets through structured research and collaborative analysis.
Analysts at SEF work in small teams to produce professional-grade macroeconomic and equity research within an educational setting. The programme emphasizes rigorous and peer-reviewed analysis as well as real-world relevance, allowing members to develop the skills expected in investment banking, asset management, equity research, and related finance roles.
Each research cycle is organised across dedicated coverage areas, including Macro Research and Equity Research, with analysts contributing to sector notes, company reports, and thematic research on Vietnam’s economy and capital markets.
As part of the programme, analysts receive guidance and informal training from other members with insights from finance-related internships and research roles.
Typical areas of focus include:
• Analyzing macroeconomic indicators and policy developments relevant to Vietnam
• Building equity research reports, including industry analysis and investment theses
• Applying valuation frameworks such as Comparable Analysis, Dividend Discount Model, Sum-of-the-Parts, Discounted Cash Flow, etc.
• Developing written research suitable for public publication and recruiter-facing review
• Past and ongoing SEF research has covered topics ranging from Vietnam’s macroeconomic outlook and sector trends to single-stock equity research reports, reflecting a strong emphasis on commercial awareness and analytical depth.
