Vietnam: From ‘Doi Moi’ to the Present Conjuncture

Speaker: Shri Kamal Malhotra, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Boston University Global Development Policy Center, USA; former U.N. Secretary General’s Representative and Head of the U.N. in Malaysia, Turkey and Vietnam (2008-2021). Shri Malhotra received the President of Vietnam’s “Order of Friendship” in 2021 

Chair: Amb. Shivshankar Menon, Professor of International Relations, Ashoka University, former Foreign Secretary and National Security Adviser

‘Doi Moi’ (economic renovation) was proclaimed by the Govt. of Vietnam in 1986 and implemented in earnest from 1989. The talk will focus on Vietnam’s economic and political transformation in one generation since ‘Doi Moi’ till the current conjuncture. It will focus on the political upheavals since Covid-19, including the sad passing of the Party General Secretary in July this year. The talk will also focus on Vietnam’s likely economic trajectory in the China plus context and its aspiration to be a developed country in its centennial, 2047.