Conference on Foreign Direct Investment: Opportunities and Challenges for Cambodia, Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam
Co-hosted by the IMF and the State Bank of Vietnam
Melia Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
August 16–17, 2002
Participation by invitation only
For Press Coverage, contact sadams@imf.org
8:00–8:30Registration 8:30–8:45 Opening Remarks
Tran Minh Tuan (Deputy Governor, State Bank of Vietnam)
Wanda Tseng (Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF) Session IKey Issues and Trends for Foreign Direct Investment in Asia
- Chair: Tony Elson (IMF)
Presenter: Chanpen Puckahikom (IMF) 9:05–9:25FDI Unique Contribution to Capital Flows and Investment in Capacity
Presenter: Assaf Razin (Tel Aviv University) 9:25–9:45Trends in Global and Regional Foreign Direct Investment Flows
Presenter: Yu Ching Wong (IMF) 9:45–10:00 Coffee Break Session IIExperience of East Asia in Attracting FDI Session II-ACase Studies on ASEAN
- Chair: Chia Siow Yue (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)
Presenter: Shujiro Urata (Waseda University)
Discussant: Nick Freeman (Mekong Capital Ltd.) 10:45–11:30Foreign Direct Investment in Indonesia: Problems and Prospects
Presenter: Edward M. Graham (Institute for International Economics)
Discussant: Stephen A. Parker (USAID/STAR -Vietnam) 11:30 –12:15Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand: Performance and Attraction
Presenter: Peter Brimble (The Brooker Group Public Company Ltd.)
Discussant: Hooi Eng Phang (IMF) 12:15 –13:30Lunch
Session II-B Case Studies on China and India
- Chair: Phung Khac Ke (State Bank of Vietnam)
Presenter: Jiang Xiaojuan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
China's Experience with Foreign Direct Investment and Some Lessons for Developing Host Economies
Presenter: Leonard K. Cheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Shujiro Urata (Waseda University) 14:35–15:20Foreign Direct Investment in India in the 1990s: Trends and Issues
Presenter: R. Nagaraj (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
Discussant: Wanda Tseng (IMF) 15:20–15:30 Coffee Break Session IIILegal and Tax Issues in Hosting FDI
- Chair: Sok Siphana (Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia)
Presenter: Oliver Massmann (Baker & Mckenzie)
Discussant: Robert Glofcheski (UNDP) 16:15–17:00Tax Incentives in Cambodia, Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam
Presenter: Kevin Fletcher (IMF)
Discussant: Edward M. Graham (Institute for International Economics) 17:00–17:45Taxing Times in Vietnam
Presenter: Warrick Cleine (KPMG)
Discussant: Harry Brunt (Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer)
August 17, 2002Session IV Foreign Direct Investment in Cambodia, Lao P.D.R and Vietnam—Trends and Policy Issues
- Chair: Nguyen Thanh Xuan (Investment and Trade Promotion Centre, Vietnam)
Presenter: Nick Freeman (Mekong Capital Ltd.) 8:50–9:20Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: Results, Achievements, Challenges and Prospect
Presenter: Le Dang Doanh (Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam)
Discussants: Jiang Xiaojuan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences )
Susan Adams (IMF) 9:20–9:50Cambodia's Foreign Direct Investment: Situation and Strategy
Presenter: Hing Thoraxy (Council for the Development of Cambodia)
Discussants: Leonard Cheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Comments by Robert P. Hagemann (IMF) :50–10:20Foreign Direct Investment in Laos—Trend, Context and Policy Issues
Presenter: Khamlien Pholsena (Committee for Planning and Cooperation, Lao P.D.R.)
Discussants: R.Nagaraji (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
Eric Sidgwick (IMF) 10:20–10:30Coffee Break Session V Panel Discussion and Summing Up
- Moderator: Wanda Tseng (IMF)
Panel Speakers
- Chia Siow Yue (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)
Deepak Khanna (World Bank Group/IFC)
Assaf Razin (Tel Aviv University)
Jordan Ryan (UNDP)
John Samy (Asian Development Bank)
Wanda Tseng (IMF)
12:00–13:00 Lunch