--o0o-- VIETNAM FORUM 2016 VIETNAM: THIRTY YEARS OF DOI MOI AND BEYOND

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1 --o0o-- VIETNAM FORUM 2016 VIETNAM: THIRTY YEARS OF DOI MOI AND BEYOND Thursday Friday, 7-8 April 2016 ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 Singapore DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 29 February 2016) DAY 1 - THURSDAY, 7 APRIL am 9.00 am Registration 9.00 am 9.10 am WELCOME REMARKS Mr TAN Chin Tiong Director, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore 9.10 am am SESSION 1: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DOI MOI Dr. Francis Hutchinson Senior Fellow, Regional Economic Studies Programme, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute Vietnam: Economic Strategy and Economic Reality Prof. Adam Fforde, Professorial Fellow, Victorian Institute for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University Private Sector Development in Vietnam since Doi Moi Dr. Tu Anh Vu Thanh, Director of Research, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, Ho Chi Minh City SOE Restructuring in Vietnam: Where Do We Stand and What Are the Challenges Ahead? Dr. Konstantin Wacker, Assistant Professor, University of Mainz 1

2 Does Fiscal Decentralisation Help Improve Socio-Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Vietnam s Poverty Reduction and Health Outcomes Dr. Tai Dang Nguyen, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University am am Tea break am pm SESSION 2: THE SECTORAL DYNAMICS OF DOI MOI Dr. Cassey Lee Senior Fellow, Regional Economic Studies Programme, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute Impacts of Foreign Investment on Vietnam s Economy under Doi Moi Dr. Tuan Ho, Lecturer in Finance and Accounting, University of Bristol Trang Thi Ngoc Nguyen, School of Finance, University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City Tho Ngoc Tran, School of Finance, University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City Industrial Spatial Localization and the Involvement Of MNEs: Comparison between the Red River Delta and the Southeast in Vietnam Prof. Javier Revilla Diez, Chair, Institute of Geography, University of Cologne Ms. Nguyen Xuan Thu, Institute of Geography, University of Cologne Changes in Ownership, Employment, and Wages in Vietnamese Firms Dr. Eric D. Ramstetter, Research Professor, Asian Growth Research Institute, Japan Dr. Nguyen Trung Kien, Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Danang 1.00 pm 2.10 pm Lunch 2.10 pm 3.40 pm SESSION 3: VIETNAM S TRANSFORMING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE UNDER DOI MOI Dr. Joerg Wischermann Associate, Institute of Asian Studies/GIGA, Hamburg The Struggle for a Constitutional Moment in Vietnam Dr. Ngoc Son Bui, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, NUS Law Faculty 2

3 The Influence of Social Media in Vietnam s Elite Politics Dr. Hai Thiem Bui, Senior Fellow, Institute for Legislative Studies, Ha Noi Autonomy of Public Service Delivery Agencies in Vietnam and OECD: A Comparative Institutional Perspective Ms. Thi Hai Minh Vo, PhD candidate, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Dr. Karl Löfgren, Associate Professor, School of Government Victoria University of Wellington 3.40 pm pm Tea break 4.00 pm 5.30 pm SESSION 4: DOI MOI, POLITICAL LEGITIMACY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CPV Dr. Le Hong Hiep Visiting Fellow, Regional Strategic and Political Studies Program, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute The Communist Party of Vietnam's Resilient Authoritarianism: Adaption Strategies since Doi Moi Dr. Hai Nguyen, Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the University of Queensland Vietnamese Civic Organizations: Supporters of or Obstacles to Further Democratization? Results from an Empirical Survey Dr. Joerg Wischermann, Associate, Institute of Asian Studies/GIGA, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Bui The Cuong, Senior Researcher, Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Dr. Dang Thi Viet Phuong, Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences The Making of National Ancestry: The Worship of Hung Kings and Vietnamese Struggle with the Post-War Political Culture Mr. Liem Vu Duc, PhD candidate, Hamburg University Vuong Ngoc Thi, Max Planck Institute (Goettingen) 6.30 pm Dinner for speakers and moderators 3

4 DAY 2 - FRIDAY, 8 APRIL am am SESSION 5: URBAN AND RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS UNDER DOI MOI Dr. Terence Chong Senior Fellow, Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Rural Vietnam: Transformational Dynamics and Regional Variation Dr. Hy Luong, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto Vietnam s Land Reforms and the Implications on Insecure and Unequal Access to Land in Practice: A Case Study In a Rural Community in Central Vietnam Dr. Phuong Huynh, Chair, Department of Social Work, Hue University of Sciences (HUSC) Informal Credit in Vietnam: A Necessity Rather Than an Evil Dr. Nicolas Lainez, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France Driving Doi Moi: Cars, Class and Capitalism in Contemporary Ha Noi Mr. Arve Hansen, Research Fellow, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo am am Tea break am pm SESSION 6: DOI MOI S IMPACTS REVISITED: EDUCATION, GENDER & RELIGION Dr. Benjamin Loh Fellow, Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Reform Process and Productive Efficiency in Vietnamese Higher Education: A Case Study of Public Universities Dr. Dung Tran Thi Thanh, Academic staff, The University of New England, Australia Growing up as a Millennium Child: Inequalities Experienced through Childhood in post-doi Moi Vietnam Dr. Truong Huyen Chi, Institute for Education Research, Hanoi 4

5 State Management of Religion in Reform-Era Vietnam: The Case of Mariamman Temple Dr. Chi Pham, Researcher, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Ha Noi Affective Expertise: Social Work and the Management of Femininity and Class in Ho Chi Minh City Dr. Ann Marie Leshkowich, Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross, USA pm pm Lunch 1.50 pm pm SESSION 7: VIETNAM S RELATIONS WITH MAJOR POWERS UNDER DOI MOI Mr. Daljit Singh Senior Fellow, Regional Strategic and Political Studies Program, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute The Evolution of Strategic Trust in Vietnam s Foreign Policy: A Case Study of Relations with The United States through the Doi Moi Years Ms. Phuong Nguyen, Associate Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA China-Vietnam Relations after the Oil Rig HYSY-981: The Politics of Struggling Co-Evolution Dr. Truong-Minh Vu, Director of Center for International Studies (SCIS), University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung, PhD Student, Hong Kong Baptist University India-Vietnam Partnership: The Maritime Imperatives Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, Research Associate, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore 3.15 pm pm Tea break 3.35 pm pm SESSION 8: BEYOND DIVERSIFICATION AND MULTILATERALIZATION : NEW OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR VIETNAM S DIPLOMACY Dr. Malcolm Cook Senior Fellow, Regional Strategic and Political Studies Program, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Vietnam's Foreign Policy towards Its Smaller Neighbours Dr. Vannarith Chheang, Senior Fellow, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Cambodia 5

6 Vietnam s International Economic Integration under Doi Moi Dr. To Minh Thu, Researcher, Research Centre for Policy and Economy, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo The EU s Norm Diffusion through Free Trade Agreement: Vietnam as an Active Norm Recipient? Dr. Ha Hai Hoang, Lecturer, Hanoi National University of Education 4.55 pm CLOSING REMARKS Dr OOI Kee Beng Deputy Director, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore The Forum is supported by: 6