Nhung is Principal Statistician  in the Government of Viet Nam's General Statistics Office (GSO) and has participated in many nation-wide surveys. Nhung joined Young Lives in 2002 as supervisor and trainer before joining the work on preparing questionnaires and training fieldworkers, then training and monitoring survey teams on the survey process. With Round 5 (2016) she has additional responsibility for coordinating all activities related to Young Lives surveys in Vietnam.