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           Registration Desk
 (Left: Thuy,  Right: Anh, both Master students, GRIPS)
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 Opening Remarks 
          by Hoang (PhD student, Yokohama National University)
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           Greeting speech by Mr Vu Hai Diep,
 Vietnam Embassy in Japan
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           Introduction of VDF activities
 by Thanh (PhD student at GRIPS)
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          | Morning 
          Session "From Copycats to 
          Quality: Issues in Leveling Up Manufacturing Industries in Developing 
          Countries"
 Prof. Kenichi 
          Ohno (GRIPS) |  | 
        
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           "Mekong 
          Region Cooperation and Vietnam" Prof. Masaya 
          Shiraishi(Waseda Univ.)
   Audience |  | 
        
          | Session 1 
          "Demand for Money in Dollarized, 
          In-Transition Economy: the Case of Vietnam" Pham Thai Binh 
          (International University of Japan) |  | 
        
          |  | "FDI and Growth 
          Nexus in Vietnam" Le Viet Anh 
          (Nagoya University) | 
        
          | Session 2 "Rethinking of 
          Gini Inequality from Grouped and Individual Observations: Examples 
          from the Vietnamese Household Expenditure Data 1998" Tadashi Kikuchi 
          (Lecturer, Keio University) |  | 
        
          |  | "Triangular 
          Manufacturing and Upgrading Strategy of Vietnam's Clothing Industry in 
          the Post-multi Fibre Arrangement" 
          Pham Vu Thang (University of East 
          Anglia) | 
        
          | Discussion |  | 
        
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     One-page Presentations | 
        
          |  | Introducing 
          ourselves with laughter | 
        
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          |  | Smile :) |