“Vietnam: Thirty Years of Doi Moi and Beyond”
7-8 April 2016
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
BACK TO VIETNAM FORUM 2016
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Session 1: The Political Economy of Doi Moi
1. Vietnam: Economic Strategy and Economic Reality
2. The Political Economy of Industrial Development in Vietnam (1986-2012)
3. SOE Restructuring in Vietnam: Where Do We Stand and What Are the Challenges Ahead?
4. Does Fiscal Decentralisation Help Improve Socio-Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Vietnam’s Poverty Reduction and Health Outcomes
Session 2: The Sectoral Dynamics of Doi Moi
1. Impacts of Foreign Investment on Vietnam’s Economy under Doi Moi
2. Industrial Spatial Localization and the Involvement Of MNEs– Comparison between the Red River Delta and the Southeast in Vietnam
3. Changes in Ownership, Employment, and Wages in Vietnamese Firms
4. The China Factor in Vietnam’s Energy Industry
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES
Session 3: Urban and Rural Transformations under Doi Moi
1. Rural Vietnam: Transformational Dynamics and Regional Variation
2. 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
3. Driving Doi Moi: Cars, Class and Capitalism in Contemporary Vietnam
Session 4: Doi Moi’s Impacts Revisited: Education, Health, Labour and Religion
1. Reform Process and Productive Efficiency in Vietnamese Higher Education: A Case Study of Public Universities
2. Vietnam’s Religion Policy under Doi Moi: The Case of Mariamman Temple
3. Affective Expertise: Social Work and the Management of Femininity and Class in Ho Chi Minh City
POLITICAL ISSUES
Session 5: Vietnam’s Transforming Political Landscape under Doi Moi
1. The Struggle for a Constitutional Moment in Vietnam
2. The Influence of Social Media in Vietnam’s Elite Politics
3. Autonomy of Public Service Delivery Agencies in Vietnam and OECD: A Comparative Institutional Perspective
Session 6: Doi Moi, Political Legitimacy and Implications for the CPV
1. The Communist Party of Vietnam’s Resilient Authoritarianism: Adaption Strategies since Doi Moi
2. Vietnamese Civic Organizations: Supporters of or Obstacles to Further Democratization? Results from an Empirical Survey
3. The Making of National Ancestry: The Worship of Hung Kings and Vietnamese Struggle with the Post-War Political Culture
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES
Session 7: Vietnam’s relations with major powers under Doi Moi
1. Ideology vs. Realpolitik: Another New Shift in Vietnam’s Foreign Policy?
2. The Evolution of Strategic Trust in Vietnam’s Foreign Policy: A Case Study of Relations with The United States through the Doi Moi Years
3. China-Vietnam Relations after the Oil Rig HYSY-981: The Politics of “Struggling Co-Evolution“
Session 8: Beyond “Diversification and Multilateralization”: New Opportunities & Challenges for Vietnam’s Diplomacy
1. India-Vietnam Partnership: The Maritime Imperatives
2. Vietnam’s Foreign Policy towards Its Smaller Neighbours
3. The EU’s Norm Diffusion through Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Negotiations and Vietnam’s Reaction