BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20191003T171500 UID:5e5c9b4e82cd8 DTSTAMP:20200302T163614 LOCATION:ANU Barton Theatre Level 1\, JG Crawford Building 132\, Lennox Crossing Acton 2601 ACT DESCRIPTION:Vietnam: political and economic challenges and opportunitiesAustralia and Vietnam are deepening their relationship\, from &lsquo\;friendship to mateship&rsquo\; as Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in his recent State Visit. How good a &lsquo\;mate&rsquo\; Vietnam will turn out to be depends importantly on its political and economic development from here on. This one-day conference discusses the constitutional (rule of law) history in Vietnam\, and examines the nature of Vietnam&rsquo\;s polity and compares it with China&rsquo\;s. The conference also traces the impact of internal and external forces on the reform of the legal system and state institutions in Vietnam. Despite having one of the most rapid transformations within living memory &ndash\; from a poor war-torn country to a middle-income country - Vietnam&rsquo\;s economy is coming up against some serious challenges\, including environmental constraints and a domestic private sector shackled by crony capitalism. These challenges as well as opportunities to strengthen the skilled labour force through higher education reforms will be canvassed. Event Details: Date: \;Thursday 3 October 2019 Time: 9:00am to 5:15pm \;Location: \;Barton Theatre Level 1\, JG Crawford Building 132\, Lennox Crossing\, ANURegister here: \;https://bit.ly/2lJdrJe \; Speakers include experts from the ANU\, the Fulbright University\, Vietnam\, and Johns Hopkins University\, USA. Professor Tu-Anh Vu-Thanh \;is Dean of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management\, Fulbright University\, HCMC\, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also currently a member of the Vietnamese Prime Minister&rsquo\;s Economic Advisory Council. Professor Pham Duy Nghia \;teaches Law and Public Governance at the Fulbright University\, HCMC\, and is a member of the Supreme People&rsquo\;s Court Case-Law Advisory Council. Dr Le Dang Doanh \;is a well-known commentator on economic reforms and development in Vietnam. Throughout \;Doi Moi \;and the subsequent decade\, Dr Doanh was President of the Central Institute of Economic Management\, a premier government think-tank on economic policy. From 2016 to 2018\, Dr Doanh was appointed by the Seretary General of the United Nations to act as a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy. Dr Quynh Nguyen \;from the ANU was a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University. She will speak on the environmental trade-offs for Vietnam\, a paper co-authored with Professor Edmund Malesky. Dr Dung Doan and Professor Bruce Chapman \;from the ANU will present their work on opportunities for higher education funding in Vietnam. Professor James Riedel \;from Johns Hopkins University has been advisor to the Government of Vietnam\, and a consultant to the World Bank\, the Asian Development Bank\, the Inter-American Development Bank\, the China Development Bank\, the OECD and other international organisations. He has published widely on international trade\, finance and development\, including work on China and Vietnam economies. Professor Riedel will summarise the discussions. Lunch and tea breaks will be provided  \; URL;VALUE=URI:http://esaact.org.au/event/40416 SUMMARY:Vietnam: political and economic challenges and opportunities DTSTART:20191003T090000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR