Le Dang Trung is the Chief Economist at Real-Time Analytics (RTA), a leading research, consulting and technology development firm located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. His research interests cover applied microeconomics and econometrics in such areas as economics of disasters, household economics, labour economics, and economic development and the application of technology in development studies. He has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Agricultural Economics, Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Oxford Development Studies and World Development.