A TALK ON ECONOMICS BETWEEN TOKYO UNIVERSITY – JAPAN AND VIETNAMESE LECTURERS OF ECONOMICS

On November 26, 2010, Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City held a talk on economic issues in Vietnam with the participation of postgraduate students from the University of Tokyo, Japan, Prof. Ikemoto, Prof. Takahashi and lecturers of economics at universities in Ho Chi Minh City: Dr. Ho Ngoc Phuong, Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, Dr. Nguyen Tan Phat, University of Economics and Law, and Assoc. Dr. Thanh Phan, Dr.Tran Dinh Lam, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The delegation of the students of the University of Tokyo has had a survey on the status of the coffee growing areas in Vietnam\'s Central Highlands. At the talk, Professor Takahashi of Tokyo University raised the assessment on the current situation of growing coffee in Vietnam from the survey and placed it in the correlation compared to other Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar and Indonesia ... and raised questions about crops, fertilizers, harvest methods of coffee in Vietnam. Dr. Ho Ngoc Phuong and Dr. Tran Dinh Lam answered Prof. Takahashi’s questions.

According to Prof. Takahashi, Vietnam\'s farmers pay attention to only the amount of harvested grain, not at proper investment to improve the quality of coffee beans, leading to the value of the beans remaining relatively low and prices of export value of Vietnam\'s coffee rank only the third in the world. From this claim, Prof. Ikemoto mentioned initiatives of the importance of improving coffee quality in Vietnam. According to Professor, Japanese goods in the 50s were found only in low rank in the world, but after World War II, Japan has changed the way the investors think and focused more on the quality of goods. This is one of the keys to success that Vietnam can learn from Japan.

At the end of the talk, Dr. Nguyen Tan Phat also answered questions by student Midori on land policy in Vietnam and raised many comments on the current land law and its impact on the expansion and investment in agriculture production.

The talk helped Japanese students better understand the economic situation in Vietnam, in general and the current status of coffee, in particular, contributing to the further strengthening of the cooperation and mutual understanding between Vietnam and Japan.

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