Meeting

San Francisco Meeting: A Conversation With President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS
Speaker
Vo Van Thuong

President, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Presider
Scot Marciel

Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar

Introductory Remarks
Michael Froman

President, Council on Foreign Relations

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