Since 2014, vn-a was founded by Huong Vu and Tuan Dung Nguyen (graduates of TU Berlin 2008 by Prof. Finn Geipel) in Da Lat, Vietnam, and Berlin, Germany. We are practicing architects working in architecture, art cooperation, and urban planning.

In Vietnam, vn-a is active in public, industrial, and sacred buildings in LP 1-9. In Germany, vn-a is active in public buildings, production halls, housing in LP 1-5 & 8, and urban planning.

We earned an honorable mention at the European Prize of Sacred Architecture for the best master’s thesis in 2011; the second prize at the International Awards for Sacred Architecture VI Edition 2016, Fondazione Frate Sole, Pavia, Italy; Hans Schäfers Prize Berlin 2016;  

4th prize in the competition for the renovation of Sport Forum Berlin Lichtenberg; 4th prize in the competition for new housing of 350 apartments in Neuperlach; an honorable mention in the competition for the productive city Winnenden, and further others projects.

Since October 2016, Tuan Dung Nguyen has worked as an academic associate and teacher at IKE - Institute of Constructive Design, Industrial and Healthcare Building, Technical University of Braunschweig.

Since April 2024, Huong Vu has been involved in teaching architecture with her design studio in the Dessau Institute of Architecture Master program (DIA), Hochschule Anhalt. 

Since 2013, Truong Giang Vu has joined team vn-a, and since 2018 he has led vn-a Consultant Design Co. Ltd in Vietnam with both licensed degrees as a professional architect and engineer.

Our clients (examples): Parish of Kadon, Diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam; Federal Foreign Office, Berlin (Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin); Petrol and Oil retail stations PHÚC DUY 2 Co. LTD, Dak Nong, Vietnam; Körnerstraße Projektgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Berlin; TILLIT Grundbesitz UG, Berlin – Schönefeld; Parish of Thoi Hoa, Diocese of Phu Cuong Binh Duong, Vietnam and Boermann Baukontor GmbH, Hamburg – Berlin.

Our team: Huong Vu, Anna Bretschneider, Giang Vu, Dung Nguyen, Duong Le