MEETING WITH THE U.S. EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER, MR. BRETT HANSEN

Dr. Tran Dinh Lam, Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, met with Brett Hansen, a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, on the morning of May 6^th on the occasion of his business trip to HCMC.

Dr. Tran Dinh Lam, Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, met with Brett Hansen, a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, on the morning of May 6^th on the occasion of his business trip to HCMC.

A number of specialists of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies and the General Consulate of the U.S. in HCMC also attended the meeting.

Hansen expressed his concern about the relations of the Southeast Asian countries, especially among Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The political officer highly valued the role of Vietnam in the relations with ASEAN, especially with Laos and Cambodia. These countries need to maintain their close cooperation to achieve peace, sustainability and development.

The Southeast Asian nations are now on the way to founding a 2015 ASEAN Community, aiming at building up a united and sustainable community with a common voice and mutual sharing in various fields among these nations’ residents.

Dr. Tran Dinh Lam (L) and U.S. Embassy Political Officer Brett Hansen.

According to Dr. Tran Dinh Lam, to solve the issue of stability in the region, especially the defiance of China related to dispute over the East Sea, the Southeast Asian countries need to raise a common voice to keep their own monopoly on the basis of respect to and compliance with United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea. Collaboration and avoidance of misunderstanding that may lead to separation and weakening of the Southeast Asian countries play an important role in maintaining peace in the region.

At the meeting, Brett Hansen also talked about the concern of U.S. universities’ professors over studies on ASEAN-related issues. As a result, he wished to organize a forum or an international conference to link U.S. educational institutions with those in ASEAN such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. This will offer a chance for professors from many universities to share their experience in training and enhancing human resources with the aim of achieving prosperity in the future.

In addition, Brett Hansen called for investments in economic development from Vietnam to Laos and Cambodia on the basis of mutual benefits. While having cooperation, the involved countries must comply with international conventions and ensure employment for laborers in order to bring long-term benefits to the people of each country.

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