Together with the College of Economics, Law and Government at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (CELG-UEH), TVSEP organized an International Conference on „Poverty dynamics and sustainable development in Thailand and Vietnam“. The conference took place on March 6 and 7 in Ho Chi Min City.
Prof. Dr. Phạm Khánh Nam, Rector of CELG-UEH, and Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez co-organizer from the University of Cologne, opened the two days conference which was attended by around 70 participants especially from Vietnam, Thailand and Germany. The event featured 9 sessions with 29 engaging presentations, all of which were followed by lively discussions and highly appreciated by the participants. The conference started with a keynote speech by Ulrike Grote and Trung Thanh Nguyen and ended with a podium discussion, moderated by Javier Revilla Diez, on further research needs and the future of TVSEP with contributions from Phạm Bảo Dương (Vice Rector of Bac Giang Agricultural and Forestry University and Co-PI), Phạm Khánh Nam (Rector of CELG-UEH and TVSEP Board Member), Nipon Poapongsakorn (Director of the Thailand Development Research Institute and TVSEP Board Member), Tuantong Jutagate (Vice President of Ubon Ratchathani University), Christiane Joerk (German Research Foundation DFG) and Trung Thanh Nguyen (PI of TVSEP project).
