Dr Huong Vu is a Lecturer in Finance at University of Aberdeen. She joined the University of Aberdeen in September 2018. Prior to that, Dr Huong Vu had three years of experience as a lecturer in finance at Coventry Business School. Dr Huong Vu got her Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Foreign Trade University, Vietnam in 2006. Then, she did her Master Degree and PhD in Finance at Bangor Business School, Bangor University from 2008 to 2014. Dr Huong Vu’s PhD research addressed the causes and implications of split sovereign credit ratings for financial markets. In recent years, her research interests span different areas of finance including sovereign credit risk, credit ratings and corporate finance.