 She volunteered in various capacities and was invited to speak at the 2014 National Youth Vietnamese Conference held in Melbourne on the issues of Vietnamese-Australians in film, television and the media.In 2017, Tran was selected as part of TedxSydney with her talk on "We Need to Embrace Conflict".In 2008, Tran's documentary-drama "Happy Dent" won Shortcuts Film Festival for Best Film and Achievement in Directing.