U.S.-Vietnam Conference 2024
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The Center for Strategic & International Studies is hosting a major U.S.-Vietnam Conference on January 23, 2024. Join us for a conversation featuring keynote remarks from senior U.S. and Vietnamese officials and panel discussions on key issues related to the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including strategic and security cooperation, trade, technology, and energy, and education, culture, and history. The conference will serve as the official launch event for a new U.S.-Vietnam Initiative at CSIS.
The conference follows the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership, and U.S. President Joe Biden’s September 2023 visit to Vietnam, where he and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong unveiled the U.S. Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
This event is made possible by support from Energy Capital Vietnam and the Vietnam-America Research and Education Fund, Inc (VAREF).
Event Agenda
Welcome Remarks
John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
Video Message and Keynote Speech
Video Message: Minister Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Keynote Speech: Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dzung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States of America
Moderator: Gregory B. Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
Panel 1: Trade, Technology, and Energy
Amb. Ted Osius, President and CEO, US-ASEAN Business Council
Can Van Luc, Chief Economist, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV)
Erin Murphy, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, CSIS
Moderator: Andreyka Natalegawa, Associate Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
Lunch & Keynote Speech
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Member, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
Moderator: Gregory B. Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
Panel 2: Strategic and Security Cooperation
Nguyen Hung Son, Vice President, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Bich Tran, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Lindsey Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator: Harrison Pretat, Fellow and Deputy Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS
Panel 3: Education, Culture, and History
Brian Harding, Senior Expert, Southeast Asia, United States Institute of Peace
Tuong Vu, Professor and Department Head of Department of Political Science and Director of US – Vietnam Research Center at the University of Oregon
Le Ly Hayslip, Founder, Global Village Foundation
Moderator: Murray Hiebert, Senior Associate (Non-Resident), Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
Closing Remarks
Gregory B. Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
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Contact Information
- Lauren Mai
- Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Southeast Asia Program
- lmai@csis.org