September 13, 2000
Co-sponsored by The Institute of State and Law, The Vietnam-USA Society and
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dao Tri Uc, Director of the Institute of State and Law and L. Gordon Flake,
Executive Director of The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
9:30 – 11:30 p.m. Session I: "Defining the Rule of Law in a Vietnamese
Context" Chair: Professor Dr. Dao Tri Uc
Presentation
L.L.M. Truong Trong Nghia
Presentation
Dr. Nguyen Thai Phuc, Head of Department
School of Law, Ho Chi Minh City National University
Discussant
Dr. Vo Khanh Vinh, Vice -Director
The Institute of State and Law
Open Discussion
All participants
11:30 – 1:00 p.m. LunchSpeech
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Session II: "Administrative Implications of the Rule
of Law"
Chair: L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Presentation
L.L.M. Nguyen Van Hop, Vice-Dean
School of Law, Ho Chi Minh City National University
Presentation
L.L.M. Truong Dac Linh, Deputy Head of Department, School of Law, Ho Chi Minh
City National University
Discussant
Dr. Nguyen Duc Chinh, Deputy Director
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justices
Open Discussion
All Participants
3:15 – 5:15 p.m. Session III: " Economic Implications of the Rule of Law"
Chair: Dr. Nguyen Van Luyen, Dean
School of Law, Ho Chi Minh City National University
Presentation
Jerome Cohen, Professor, NYU Law School/Council on Foreign Relations
Presentation
Dr. Mai Hong Quy, Vice-Dean
School of Law, Ho Chi Minh City National University
Discussant
Dr. Pham Huu Nghi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of State and Law
Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Esq., Attorney at Law
