Jan 2026 - present
Internal Product Builder
Tech in Asia
Editorial workspace, subscriber analytics, Redshift/n8n workflows, LLM-assisted tooling
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01 / Work guide
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Data journalist & product builder
- Home base
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Current focus
- Data journalism, internal tools, and AI-assisted workflows
- Stack
- SQL, Postgres, Redshift, n8n, Vercel, OpenAI, coding agents
02 / About
Reporter instincts, product systems.
I work at the overlap of journalism, data, and product: turning startup, funding, and audience signals into stories, dashboards, workflows, and internal tools for media teams.
My path ran through marketing research, social listening, and three Vietnamese newsrooms before Tech in Asia. That mix taught me to ask reporter questions, model messy data, and ship practical artifacts people can use.
Today I lead data journalism at Tech in Asia and build internal editorial products with SQL, Supabase/Postgres, Redshift, n8n, Vercel, and AI coding agents. I am most interested in work where data improves decisions, distribution, and reader value.
03 / Work history
Built through newsrooms, research, and internal products.
Dec 2024 - present
Data Journalism Lead
Tech in Asia
Subscription data stories, Asian tech & VC ecosystem analysis, visualization standards
2023 - 2024
Data Journalist
VnExpress.net
Spotlight/Data Stories verticals, policy-facing interactive features
2021 - 2023
Reporter
Dân Trí
Economy desk, DBiz data format launch, newsroom visualization adoption
2018 - 2021
Reporter
VNG / Zing News
Finance, banking, CEO/VP interviews, market explainers
2018 - 2018
Research Executive
Buzzmetrics
Social listening, sentiment research, consumer perception analysis
04 / Product evidence
Proof points across analytics, tools, data products, and automation.
Product analytics
Subscriber conversion and retention analysis, newsletter engagement review, article performance workflows, cohort and lifecycle thinking.
Internal tools
Editorial workspace for source management, financial data tracking, premium article review, and repeatable newsroom operations.
Data products
Searchable directories, CSV-backed dashboards, GitHub Pages interactives, iframe embeds, and visualization standards for newsroom publishing.
Automation
Redshift/Supabase pipelines, n8n workflows, Slack handoffs, financial-statement extraction, and agent-safe database querying.
Community products
ABG Alumni membership/community platform work, paid membership operations, events, and connection workflows.
Editorial judgment
Reporter instincts, source evaluation, audience empathy, data cleaning, visual explanation, and story framing under real newsroom constraints.
05 / Selected work
Case studies that connect editorial judgment with product delivery.
01
SEA Signals: Subscriber-Only Deal Intelligence
A subscriber-facing data product around newly funded startups, built from Redshift/Supabase data, automation workflows, and post-launch engagement analysis.
RedshiftSupabasen8nLLM searchAnalytics
engagement2x
audiencesubscribers
cadenceweekly
02
Tech in Asia Editorial Workspace
An internal editorial workspace for source management, financial data tracking, article performance review, and repeatable newsroom workflows.
TypeScriptPostgres/SupabaseVerceln8nLLMs
team18
modules3+
surfacedaily
03
Database Query Agents & Guardrails
A privacy-aware database-query workflow that helps agents and humans work with Redshift/Postgres schemas without exposing credentials or raw sensitive data.
RedshiftPostgresPythonAgent skillsDocumentation
moderead-only
guardrailsschema
usersagents
06 / Contact
Useful work starts with a specific problem.
ttvietduc@gmail.comlinkedin: ttvietducgithub: ductran2918work: duc@techinasia.comsignal: available on request