The Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
His Excellency Pham Binh Minh, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs for Vietnam will discuss the current state of affairs in his nation and the evolving comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the United States.
Foreign Minister Minh's remarks will be followed by a roundtable discussion with a panel of experts to officially launch CSIS's recent report, A New Era in U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Deepening Ties Two Decades after Normalization. They will discuss the political, economic, and people-to-people ties between the two nations, and the way forward.
Agenda
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
2:30 Keynote Remarks
H.E. Pham Binh Minh
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
3:15 Panel Discussion
The Hon. David Shear (invited)
Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
Mr. Chris Brose
National Security and Foreign Policy Adviser,
Office of Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Mr. Murray Hiebert
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Sumitro Chair
for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS
4:00 Forum Concludes
