The 2nd “Engaging with Vietnam: An
Interdisciplinary Dialogue” Conference
30th November -1st December, 2010
Co-organized by University of Social Sciences & Humanities
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
&
Monash University, Australia
Venue: Level 8, Building E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
336 Nguyen Trai Road, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi
Conference Program (Day 1)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
8:30 am to
9:00 am
Registration and Reception (Conference Room, Level 8)
9:00 am to
9:10 am
Welcome Address: A/Prof Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice-Director of USSH, VNU (Conference
Room, Level 8)
9:10 am to
9:20 am
Opening Address: The Australian Ambassador to Vietnam (Conference Room, Level 8)
9:20 am to
9:50 am
Keynote speech : Mr. Vu Khoan, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam (Conference
Room, Level 8)
Nhìn lại chiến lược ngoại giao của Việt Nam với các nước lớn, khu vực và một số định
hướng cho đào tạo và nghiên cứu quan hệ quốc tế ở Viêt Nam.
9:50 am to
10:20 am
Keynote speech: Prof. Jonathan Rigg , Durham Univeristy, (Conference Room, Level 8)
Being and Becoming Urban in Hanoi
10:20 am to
10:50 am
Keynote speech: Dr. Phan Le Ha , Monash University, (Conference Room, Level 8)
Redefining Vietnam in Educational Research
10:50 am to
11:00 am
Discussion chaired by Prof. Philip Hirsch
11:00 am to
11:15 am
Morning Break (Level 7)
701 (Building E)
11:15 am to
11:30 am
Bao Duy Thai
(Australia National University)
305 (Building D)
Duc Hong Thi Phan
(Swinburne University)
Living Between Languages and Cultures: A
The Relevance of International Financial
Case Study of Later- Generation Vietnamese Reporting Standards (IFRS) to a Developing
in Australia
Country: Evidence from Vietnam
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Philip Hirsch
(University of Sydney)
11:30 am to
11:45 am
11:45 am to
12:00
12:00 am to
12:15 am
12:15 pm to
1:30 pm
1:30 pm to
2:00 pm
Adrian Wee Tiong Weng
(RMIT University, Vietnam)
Geography studies from an interdisciplinary
Communicating with the Vietnamese
approach
Employee: a Foreign Managers Perspective
Gerard Sasges
(University of California)
Nguyen Duc Thanh
(University of Economics & Business, VNU)
Teaching Across Borders: the University of
California and Hanoi University Class on
Contemporary Vietnam
Managing Vietnam’s Macroeconomic and
Financial Risks in the New Global Context
Discussion- chaired by Prof. Jonathan Rigg
Discussion- chaired by Prof. Adam Fforde
Lunch (Level 7, Building E)
Keynote Speech: Dr. Le Dang Doanh (Conference Room, Level 8)
An evaluation of Vietnam economy in 2010: Achievements and the way ahead
Keynote Speech: Prof. Ilana Snyder, Monash University (Conference Room, Level 8)
2:00 pm to
2:20 pm
Doctoral Education in Digital Times: Trends at Monash University and Vietnam National
University
2:20 pm to
2:40 pm
Keynote Speech: Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed, RMIT, (Conference Room, Level 8)
Collaborations with Vietnam for Responding to Climate Change in Cities - A Key Global
Change Issue
2:40 am to
2:50 am
Discussion chaired by Dr. Paul McShane
2:50 pm to
3:05 pm
Afternoon Break – (Level 7)
3:05 pm to
3:20 pm
3:20 pm to
3:35 pm
701 (Building E)
305 (Building D)
Paul McShane
(Monash University)
Phillip Martin
(RMIT University)
Knowledge management for proactive
collaboration on climate change
Nhi Tran & James Giesecke
(Monash University)
The Economics of Adaptation to Climate
Change in Vietnam
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A typical Men: Young Urban
Vietnamese Men and the Changing
Social Order
Hoang Anh Tuan
(USSH, VNU)
“Bridging the Isolated Gulf” - Early Modern
Globalization and Socio-economic
Transformation in Seventeenth-Century
Vietnam Revisited
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3:35 pm to
3:50pm
Michael Paddon
(University of Technology Sydney)
Nguyen Tuan Anh & Annuska Derks
(USSH, VNU)
Using international experience to develop
sustainable options for Vietnam in the
context of climate change: case studies of
Can Tho City
Study of Kinship Relations – a Way to
Explore Vietnamese Society
3:50 pm to
4:20 pm
Discussion- chaired by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed
Discussion- chaired by Prof. Philip Hirsch
4:20 pm to
4:30 pm
Break
Break
701 (Building E)
305 (Building D)
Le Van Canh
(Vietnam National University, Hanoi)
Thanh Nguyen & Huong Ngo
( La Trobe University)
Internationalisation Ideologies and
Challenges to Vietnamese Education
What are the Perceptions of Vietnamese
Students in Approaching the Teaching and
Learning Process in Australia?
Tien Nguyen
(RMIT University)
Bao Dat
(Monash University)
Vietnamese University Challenges –
Internationalizing the Curriculum
Investigating Student Perception for
Educational Development:
The Voices of 65 Vietnamese Secondary
Students
Michael Singh
(University of Western Sydney)
George Yap
(Hanoi University)
Engaging Vietnam through ‘transnational
knowledge exchange’:
Concepts and approaches for
internationalising education
Participant-Centered Learning (PCL): A
Sharing Experience of Teaching Pedagogy
in Vietnam
Discussion chaired by
Dr. Phan Le Ha
Discussion chaired by
Dr. Gerard Sasges
4:30 pm to
4:45 pm
4:45 pm to
5:00 pm
5:00 pm to
5:15 pm
5:15 pm to
5:45 pm
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The 2nd “Engaging with Vietnam: An
Interdisciplinary Dialogue” Conference
30th November -1st December, 2010
Co-organized by University of Social Sciences & Humanities
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
&
Monash University, Australia
Venue: Level 8, Building E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
336 Nguyen Trai Road, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi
Conference Program (Day 2)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
8:30 am to
9:00 am
9:00 am to
9:30 am
Registration and Reception (Conference Room, Level 8)
Keynote Speech: Prof. Phan Trong Thuong, Director of Vietnam Institute of Literature
(Conference Room, Level 8)
Nhìn nhận những đóng góp về văn học của người Việt nam ở nước ngoài
9:30 am to
10:00 am
Keynote Speech: Prof. Anthony Welch, University of Sydney, (Conference Room, Level 8)
10:00 am to
10:15 am
Discussion chaired by A/Prof. Pham Quang Minh (Conference Room, Level 8)
10:15 am to
10:30 am
Morning Break& Book Launch : Reforming Higher Education in Vietnam (Level 7)
10:30 am to
10:45 am
10:45 am to
11:00 am
Internationalisation of Vietnamese Higher Education: Past, Present, Future
701 (Building E)
305 (Building D)
Prof. Le Quang Thiem
Chairman, Linguistics Society of Vietnam
David Bright & Malena McNamara,
Singapore International School
Một định hướng biên soạn Bách Khoa Thư
ngôn ngữ học của Việt nam
English or ESL: Identity and Teaching in
Vietnam
Symposium on Reforming Higher Education in
Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Lan Anh
(Swinburne University)
Grant Harman- University of New England
Tax Incentives and Foreign Direct
Investment in Developing Countries: A
Synthesis of the Empirical Literature and
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Martin Hayden-Southern Cross University
11:15 am to
11:30 am
Pham Thanh Nghi -Institute of Human Studies,
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Potential Implications
Huy Quang Vu
(RMIT University, Hanoi)
Economic Returns to Education and
Schooling: An Empirical Study of Vietnam
11:30 am to
11:45 am
Christine Ngoc Ngo
(SOAS, University of London)
Technology Upgrading in Vietnam’s
Motorcycle Industry from the Political
Economy Analysis of Rents and Rent Seeking
11:45 am to
12:15 pm
12:15 pm to
1:30 pm
1:30 pm to
1:45 pm
1:45 pm to
2:00 pm
2:00 pm to
2:15 pm
2:15 pm to
2:30 pm
Discussion chaired by A/Prof Phan Van Que
Discussion chaired by Dr. Nhi Tran &
Dr. James Giesecke
Lunch (Level 7, Building E)
701 (Building E)
305 (Building D)
PhD student panel
Hoang Thi Hanh
(Queensland University)
PhD student panel
Vu Hai Ha
(Monash University)
Are Vietnamese Individualists or Collectivists?
An Incomplete Picture that Needs Further
Drawing
Vietnamese Gen9X TESOL Trainees’s struggle
of voice for their languages and Values
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong
(Monash University)
Tran Thanh Van
(University of Melbourne)
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do?”: An
investigation into identity formation by nonwhite ESL teachers in Vietnam
Vietnamese Learners’ Pragmatic
Competence: Function of the Learning
Environment
Le Thuy Linh
(Monash University)
Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang
(USSH,VNU)
Vietnamese teachers in the contemporary
society: Morality First or Knowledge First?
From perspectives of Vietnamese pre-service
Teachers of English
East Asian Economic Integration: A
Vietnamese perspective
Huyen Minh Bui
(Hanoi Open University)
Tran Diep Thanh
Individual Solutions to Collective Problems?
Participation of Vietnamese International
Students in Discussions in Australian University
Classrooms
An Approach Studying Vietnam from
Comparative Politics: A Case Study of the
Vietnamese and French Political System
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(USSH, VNU)
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Hy Quach-Hoang
(University of Birmingham)
Duong Hong Anh
(USSH,VNU)
2:30 pm to
2:45 pm
Reflexivity in Conducting Research on Higher
Education in Vietnam and Britain
The representation of Vietnamese
cultural diversity in America and
American studies in Vietnam
2:45 pm to
3:00 pm
Le Duc Manh
(Hai Phong Universtity, Vietnam)
Ly Tuong Van
(USSH,VNU)
Should English be used as a Medium of
Instruction (EMI) at Higher Education in
Vietnam?
Tiếp cận nghiên cứu Việt Nam từ góc độ
lịch sử Đông Nam Á
Discussion chaired by Prof Michael Singh &
Dr. Dat Bao
Discussion chaired by A/Prof Pham Quang
Minh & Mr. Le Van Canh
3:00 pm to
3:30 pm
3:30 pm to
3:45 pm
Afternoon Break
3:45 pm to
4:15 pm
Keynote Speech: Prof Adam Fforde, Victoria University (Conference Room, Level 8)
4:15 pm to
4:30 pm
Discussion chaired by Dr. Phan Le Ha
4:30 pm to
5:15 pm
Closing (All panel chairs to reflect on the two day conference and future outlook)
Reflections on Issues in the Contemporary Economic History of Vietnam
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