Towards A Constitutional Democracy In Vietnam
About the Presentation:
Professor Minh Tuan Dang explores the challenges of constitutional democracy in Vietnam. Despite the 2013 constitutional amendments, progress has been slow due to the absence of an independent constitutional review mechanism. Dang will also explore anti-corruption mechanisms lead by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
About the Speaker:
Minh Tuan Dang is Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Deputy Director of Constitutional and Administrative Law Department of Vietnam National University School of Law. He received his Doctor in Public Law from University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV of France in 2010. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar for the academic year 2018-2019 at Boston College Law School. His research focuses on Vietnamese and Comparative Constitutional law. He is author and co-author of several publications related to judicial review, separation of power, and comparative constitutional law. He provided academic contributions for the development of the 2013 current Vietnamese Constitution. He is a short-term scholar at the U.S-Asia Law Institute of the New York University School of Law for 6 months from August 15, 2019 to promote the scholarly cooperation and exchange of ideas in the field of Constitutional Law. He is conducting research on the anti-corruption mechanism of Vietnam, focusing on the division between the Party and the Government in the struggle against corruption in the democratic transition of Vietnam.
