On Monday, April 22, Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu, the Minister Counselor of the Vietnam Embassy in China had visited SPPM to give a short lecture on Vietnam’s economic restructuring and the lessons which the country can learn from its giant neighbor China. The topic picked the interest of all the audience as it covers a broad range of domains from international relations to development, economics to politics and public administration. Participants learned of the general growth momentum of Vietnam and how Vietnam has in the past couple decades achieved one of the highest GDP growth rate in the region and also met most of the MDGs before schedule. Through intense rounds of Q&A, cooperation with China in the economic and political realms was greatly emphasized by the Minister for the next stage of development of Vietnam. This includes the increase and balancing in bilateral trade, restructure domestic economy with China’s experiences, and the peaceful settlement of territorial dispute.
The Roundtable attracted students from SPPM and the IR department, as well as a number of Vietnamese students of Tsinghua and Beijing University. The 8th Roundtable signifies an incessant growth of the student-run Tsinghua Debate Society, facilitated with the support from SPPM staff and collaboration with the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center.
By Vu Minh Hoang from MID 2012
