The World Bank in Vietnam in collaboration with the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) is organizing a series of consultation workshops next week on the 2012 Poverty Assessment. We are planning a half-day event in HCMC on Monday morning, August 27th and a full day event here in Hanoi on Wednesday, August 29th, with the aim of having an in-depth discussion of the main messages and supporting analysis in the full report and background studies.
The workshop on August 29th take place at the Hanoi de L'Opera Hotel from 8:00 to 17:40 and be chaired by Victoria Kwakwa and Professor Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of VASS. Attached files are the workshop invitation and draft agenda.