Researcher, Department of Virology, Institute of Veterinary Research and Development of central Vietnam, No. 227, 2/4 street, Vinh Hoa ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam

Email: [email protected]

About me

My major research area is about bacteria and viruses causing diseases in livestock and aquatic animals. I am studying on viral diseases in cattle, poultry and aquatic animals, manufacture traditional and recombinant vaccines.

Qualifications

2011 – 2013: Master’s Degree (Biotechnology), Nông Lâm University – HCMC, Vietnam

2005 – 2009: Enginering’s Degree (Biotechnology), Nông Lâm University – HCMC, Vietnam

Employment

2020 to now:  Researcher, Department of Virology, Institute of Veterinary Research and Development of central Vietnam (IVRD)

2013 – 2020: Researcher, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Veterinary Research and Development of central Vietnam (IVRD)

Research expertise

Biotechnology, Disease diagnosis, Vaccine development, Aquatic animal health

Languages

  • Vietnamese (native)
  • English (good)

Projects

  1. Producing bivalent inactivated vaccine against Parvovirus and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in swine, funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Researcher, 2022-2025)
  2. Develop a recombinant vaccine against Pasteurellosis cause by Pasteurella multocida in swine, funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Researcher, 2017-2019)
  3. Study pathology of Microsporidian caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in brackish water shrimps, funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Researcher, 2016-2017)
  4. Investigate the prevalence of Porcince Reproductive respiratory syndrome disease, determine the resistance ability against the disease in pigs vaccinated against swine cholera, pasteurellosis and typhoid fever and propose the prevention strategies for pigs bred in Khanh Hoa, funded by Science and Technology Khanh Hoa, (Researcher, 2014-2016)
  5. Study pathology of White Spot Disease on Snub-nose Pompano and assess the transmission to some terrestrial animals in Vietnam’s South Central provinces. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Researcher, 2013-2016)
  6. Research to develop recombinant vaccine against Edema disease and Salmonellosis in pigs. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Researcher, 2013-2014)

Publications

Journal articles

  1. MaiDang, Tran Duc Dien, Ut Phan Van, Vo Thi Ha, Vu Viet Dung, Nguyen Trinh Duc Hieu, Viet Cuong Hua, Nguyen Thi Kim Hue, Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, Vu Huu Truong, Ha Thanh  The first description of histopathology of Lates calcarifer herpesvirus (LCHV) infection in barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Volume 565, 25 February 2023, 739091
  2. Vu-Khac, H., Trinh, T.T.H, Tran, X. H., Nguyen, T.T.G, Nguyen, T.T., 2021. Determination of genus, capsule type and virulence genes of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from swines. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development, 8, pp.149-155 (in Vietnamese) ISSN: 1859-4581
  3. Vu-Khac, H., Trinh, T.T.H, Nguyen, T.T.T., Nguyen, T.T.G., Nguyen, X.T., Nguyen, T.T., Immune response stimulated by recombinant PMT vaccine against Pasteurellosis caused by Pasteurella multocida in pig. Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 27(2), pp. 37-44 (in Vietnamese). ISSN: 1859-4751
  4. Vu-Khac, H., Trinh T.T.H., Nguyen, T.T.G, Nguyen X.T., Nguyen T.T., 2020. Prevalence of virulence factor, antibiotic resistance, and serotype genes of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from pigs in Vietnam. Veterinary World Journal;13(5), pp. 896-904. DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2020.896-904
  5. Vu-Khac, H., Nguyen, T.T, Trinh, T.T.H, Nguyen, T.T.T, Nguyen, T.T.G, Do, T.T.A., Nguyen, X.T., 2019. Cloning, expressing and purification of the recombinant C-terminal PMT of Pasteurella multocida. The Journal of Agriculture and Development, 18 (5), pp. 62-69. (in Vietnamese) ISSN:2615-9503
  6. Vu-Khac, H., Trinh, T.T.H., Nguyen, T.T.G., Le,T., Nguyen,X.T. Effect of vaccination against 3 red diseases (Swine fever, paratyphus suum, Pasteurellosis) with the immunization against PRRS disease in pigs. The Journal of Agriculture and Development, 14, 85-90 (in Vietnamese)
  7. Vu-Khac, H., Nguyen, T.T.G, Trinh, T.T.H, Nguyen, X.T., Nguyen, V.D., 2018. Transmission route of Enterocytozoon hepatonaei(EHP) spores causing disease in brackish water shrimp. Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 25(1), pp. 71-76 (in Vietnamese). ISSN: 1859-4751
  8. Vu-Khac, H., Chen, S.C., Pham, T.H., Nguyen, T.T.G. and Trinh, T.T.H., 2016. Isolation and genetic characterization of Nocardia seriolae from snubnose pompano Trachinotus blochii in Vietnam. Diseases of aquatic organisms, 120(2), pp.173-177. DOI: 3354/dao03023
  9. ChumpornSoowannayan, Giang Thu Nguyen, Long Ngoc Pham, Mongkhol Phanthura, Naruemon Nakthong. Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is susceptible to yellow head virus (YHV) infection and can transmit it to the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Volume 445, 1 August 2015, Pages 63-69

Conferences

  1. Using PCR for determination of virulence factor, antibiotic resistance, and capsule serotype genes of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from Vietnam (2017, ISSAAS 2017 Hanoi)
  2. The first description of histopathology of Lates calcarifer herpesvirus (LCHV) infection in barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Awards and Grants

  • Third Prize of the 7th Khanh Hoa Provincial Technical Innovation Contest (2016-2017) (Co-author)