Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (HCMC, 2011)

Introduction

The Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM) is annual meeting organized for domestically- and internationally-based economists and other social researchers to present their studies and works. In 2011, the Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), the University of Economics and Law (UEL), the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and the Foreign Trade University (FTU) hosted the Fourth Vietnamese Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM 2011).

VEAM 2011 took place on 27-28th September 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

VEAM brings together social scientists and PhD students from Vietnam and all over the world to exchange their ideas on management and economics. The meeting provides an opportunity to initiate a worldwide network of Vietnamese economists and other social scientists, expand and consolidate cooperation in scientific researches. It is an opportunity for Vietnamese universities, economics and management schools, governmental agencies and companies to experience, first hand, economic and management researches of Vietnamese scholar community all over the world. The meeting will include a variety of other activities, including informal discussions, presentations by leading international economists, and honor audience.

The three keynote speakers for VEAM 2011 were:

• Professor Ngo Van Long, McGill University, Canada.

• Professor Le Van Cuong, CNRS, France.

• Professor Aditya Goenka, NUS, Singapore