2025
Trinh Nguyen
Country Director
TRAFFIC International Vietnam
Trinh Nguyen is a strategic development leader and the first Vietnamese country director of TRAFFIC International in Vietnam, where she manages a multi-million-dollar portfolio of wildlife trade and conservation projects. A pioneer in behavioral change approaches, she revolutionized conservation efforts through the innovative Chi initiative, which addresses the complex cultural and social dynamics driving wildlife consumption in Southeast Asia.
Prior to her current role, Trinh served as TRAFFIC's senior program manager, where she established groundbreaking partnerships with Vietnam's National Assembly and helped strengthen the country's wildlife protection legislation. Her work has resulted in one of the region's strongest legal frameworks for wildlife conservation, combining enforcement measures with evidence-based behavioral science approaches.The 2025 World Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Yale World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals are leaders working in environment, technology, politics, media, the arts, human rights, international development, and justice sectors around the world. They include a Nigerian singer-songwriter, a Turkish politician, and a Pakistani police superintendent. “World Fellows are operating with remarkable savvy and often immense courage on the frontlines of the fight for a better world,” said Emma Sky, director of Yale’s International Leadership Center, which houses the World Fellows program. “In this era of global upheaval and uncertainty – which drives many to cynicism and apathy – the 2025 World Fellows are daring to envision and build...Read More
