Speaker: Amb. Kamal Malhotra, Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. He led the UN in Vietnam Turkey Malaysia Singapore and Brunei (2008-2021) and was UNDP Senior Adviser on Inclusive Globalization (2002-2008). 

The talk will focus on the present conjuncture and its equivalent of Viksit Bharat for 2047, its centennial, especially in the context of the recent political upheavals including the sad passing of Nguyen Phu Trong, its 3 time Party General Secretary very recently. The talk will also focus on Vietnam’s economic transformation and trajectory in the China plus context