The Fourth Vietnamese Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 27, attracting the participation of researchers, lecturers and trainees from the US, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Singapore, India, Australia and Thailand.

The event was jointly hosted by the University of Economics and Law (UEL) under Vietnam National University , Ho Chi Minh City and the Foreign Trade University (FTU), the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Development and Policies Research Centre (DEPOCEN).

The two-day meeting aimed to provide an opportunity to Vietnam’s universities, economics and management schools, organisations and enterprises to access the results of economic and management research of Vietnamese scholar communities worldwide.

Nguyen Van Luan, Rector of UEL said VEAM had established a global network of Vietnamese researchers, economists and lecturers and many other researchers around the world.

It is also an occasion for domestic and foreign researchers and economists to exchange knowledge and share experience, as well as propose policies for economic development in coming years./.