Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Long serves as a Chairman of Research and Education and a lecturer of the Faculty of Tourism Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism Studies from Vietnam National University, Hanoi, a Master’s degree in Tourism Management from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia, and a Ph.D. in Tourism from Rikkyo University, Japan.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Long also contributes as a visiting lecturer to several international institutions, including Rikkyo University (Japan), UCSI University (Malaysia), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM, Malaysia), and Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus (Thailand).

His primary research interests encompass tourism destination policy and governance, ecotourism, community-based tourism, and sustainable tourism development within Southeast Asian nations.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Long is a leading consultant on tourism development policy, sustainable tourism, community-based tourism, and ecotourism projects across numerous destinations in Vietnam, with a particular emphasis on special-use and protection forests. He has provided consultancy services to various international organizations, such as the British Council Vietnam, KOICA, GIZ, UNDP, UNESCO, USAID, ILO, IUCN, WWF, and JICA. Notably, he provides widespread consultancy to governments, businesses, and destinations on public-private partnerships in tourism development. He was a key-note speaker for the 17th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Federation (EATOF) General Assembly in Quang Ninh, Vietnam on public-private partnerships.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Long also serves on the scientific committees and editorial boards for numerous prestigious national and international journals and conferences. He is currently an Executive Board Member of the Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN), an IUCN Green List Expert, and the representative for Green Destinations in Vietnam.