VIET NAM YOUTH DELEGATION AT COP 31

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Nguyen Van Toan is a Vietnamese climate advocate and youth mobilizer. He currently serves as Programme Coordinator at the Youth Climate Action Network (YNet) and has represented Vietnamese youth at multiple regional and global forums, including COP29, COP30 and the YECAP Fellowship. With a focus on institutionalizing youth engagement in climate policy, Toan has led national youth consultations and helped bridge grassroots voices with official negotiations. 

 Hong Anh is a Master's student at Sciences Po Paris, focusing on environmental and energy economics. Anh also serves as Vice-lead of Partnerships at the Youth Climate Action Network Viet Nam. Regionally, she is part of UNICEF East Asia & Pacific’s Young People’s Action Team and contributes youth perspectives to regional UN policy reports and hosts workshops on disaster risk reduction (DRR). She has represented young people at high-level forums including COP30, the ASEAN Children and Youth Climate Summit 2025 and the Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights in Asia Conference. At COP31, Anh aims to bring national and regional youth voices to the table to inform decision-makers that climate change is an intensifying lived reality of her generation. 

Tran Do Bao Nghi is a public health graduate and youth advocate with over eight years of experience working at the intersection of climate and health. As Finance and Operations Director at Youth Climate Action Vietnam (YNet), she oversees financial sustainability, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance while fostering youth-led initiatives. In her technical role at FHI 360, she leads monitoring, evaluation and research with the National TB Program across the Mekong Delta provinces. She has helped organize three consecutive Local Conferences of Youth (LCOY) in Vietnam (2024, 2025 and 2026), mobilizing young people for climate action nationwide. With a focus on youth development, international partnerships and data-driven decision-making, she strengthens organizational capacity and advances evidence-based strategies for youth participation in climate advocacy and action. She is driven by a vision of empowering young people to lead an equitable, health-centered response to the climate crisis. 

Phuong Hoa is a youth climate advocate from Viet Nam working at the intersection of youth engagement and climate advocacy. She currently serves as Deputy Head of Partnerships at YNet Viet Nam, where she leads youth-led climate initiatives and supports young people’s participation in climate policymaking. Her work also spans climate technology, climate change communication, and JET, with a focus on Viet Nam’s green transition. She has represented Vietnamese youth in regional and international climate spaces, including the IRENA Youth Forum 2026, Regional UNFCCC Climate Week, and UN ESCAP Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Energy Development. 

Nguyen Thanh Mai is a youth climate advocate from Viet Nam, whose work focuses on international environmental law, marine environments, and biodiversity. At YNet, she serves as member of the Programmes Department and currently contributing to LCOY Vietnam 2026 as Head of the Programmes Department

Mai actively contributes to climate discussions through legal research. She has presented findings on the subregional green energy transition at the ASEAN International Conference on Energy, and analyzed Nationally Determined Contributions legal frameworks at CIL - NUS. As part of YNet delegation at COP31, she is eager to work on negotiations sessions. 

Tran Quoc Chien is a climate policy researcher and youth climate advocate from Vietnam, currently pursuing a degree at Fulbright University Vietnam. His work focuses on climate governance, sustainable development, and translating climate policy commitments into meaningful action. He has contributed to climate adaptation and monitoring and evaluation initiatives with the Green Climate Fund and other development organisations, and is involved in youth-led climate governance through YNet Vietnam. He also co-founded Ede Yarns, an initiative that works with Indigenous communities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands to revitalise Indigenous knowledge through community-led research, design, and sustainable livelihoods. His interests include climate policy implementation, just transition, and the role of Indigenous and local knowledge in shaping more inclusive climate action.