Bezrukov Andrey, Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Russia (MGIMO)
Bordachev Timofey, Program Director, Valdai Discussion Club; Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Bùi Thanh Sơn, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Bystritskiy Andrey, Chairman of the Board, Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Đinh Đình Cường, Senior Lieutenant Colonel, Ministry of Public Security
Đỗ Hương Lan, Associate Professor, Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy
Lavrov Sergey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation
Lê Trạc Vương, Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Defense (IDIR)
Lomanov Alexander, Professor, RAS, Chief Researcher at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS
Lukyanov Fyodor, research director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Chairman, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs journal
Mazyrin Vladimir, Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy
Nguyễn Phương Bình, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Nguyễn Vũ Hương Chi, Russian language lecturer, Dean of Faculty of Russian language & literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Hochiminh City.
Nguyễn Vũ Tùng, President, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Phan Ngọc Mai Phương, Vice President of the Viet Nam Institute for Development Strategies, Ministry of Planning and Investment
Shakhmatov Viktor, Head of Analytical Department, Eurasian Economic Commission
Sumsky Viktor, Director of the ASEAN Center MGIMO University
Trần Việt Thái, Deputy Director General, The Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Tsvetov Anton, Foreign policy and security expert, Center for Strategic Research