15 Jul 2006, Saturday
at GRIPS, Room 4A & 4B (4th floor)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN
Tel: 03-6439-6000

09:00-09:45 Registration
09:45-10:00 Introducing VDF and VDF-Tokyo
Morning Session <Keynote Presentations>
10:00-11:00 Prof. David Dapice
(Chief Economist, Vietnam Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Professor, Economics Department, Tufts University)
"Fear of Flying: Why is Sustaining Reform So Hard in Vietnam?"
11:00-12:00 Prof. Kenichi Ohno
(GRIPS, and VDF)
"Vietnam's Industrial Policy Formulation: To Become a Reliable Partner in Integral Manufacturing"
12:00-13:15 Lunch (will be served)
Afternoon Session <Presentations>
  Session 1: Economics and Business Session 2: Social Issues
  Chairperson: Prof. Kenichi Ohno Chairperson: Prof. Izumi Ohno
13:30-14:30 Mr. Le Anh Minh
(PhD Student, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University)
"Macroeconomic Policy Analysis of Vietnam – A Macro-Econometric Model Approach"
Prof. Wade Pfau
(Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies – GRIPS)
"Living arrangements of the Vietnamese Elderly People during Economic Transition"
(with Giang Thanh Long)
14:30-15:30 Mr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh
(Lecturer and Director of Research Fulbright Economics Teaching Program)
"Competition and Privatization in Vietnam: Substitutes or Complements?"
Mr. Tadashi Kikuchi
(Lecturer, Faculty of Policy Management, KEIO University)
"Seeking for Effective Performance, Minimum Cost, and Good Official Development Assistance (ODA) Performance Evaluation – Case study: Bach Mai Hospital, Vietnam"
15:30-15:50 Tea break and one-page presentation display
15:50-16:50 Mr. Phan Chi Anh
(PhD Student, Yokohama University)
"Quality Management and Competitive Performance – An Empirical Evident of Impact of ISO 9000 in Vietnamese Manufacturing Companies"
Ms. Aiko Takai
(Graduated Student, University of Amsterdam, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences)
"Between Nurturing and Nurtured Childhood Children Working on the Streets of Hanoi"
16:50-17:50 General exchange of ideas and information
17:50-18:00 Closing Remarks