Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science 2015 in Japan was organized by Prof. Yamaguchi Ryoji, University of Miyazaki
15/10/2015 09:29
Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (SAKURA Exchange Program in Science) is the program for enhancing exchanges between Asia and Japan of the youths who will play a crucial role in the future field of science and technology through the close collaboration of industry-academia-government by facilitating short-term visits of competent Asian youths to Japan. This program aims at raising the interest of Asian youths toward the leading Japanese science and technologies at Japanese universities, research institutions and private companies. Based on the MOU between the University of Miyazaki (UOM) and Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in research and training in agricultural fields, the SAKURA Exchange Program in Science 2015 was organized for the young staffs and students from VNUA at UOM under the leading of Prof. Yamaguchi Ryoji, who honorably received the campaign medal for the cause of agriculture and rural development of Vietnam in 2014. Ten representative lecturers, researchers and students from Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) attended this Program from 25 September to 4 October 2015.Under the Program, participants took part in various activities such as visiting Meguro Parasitological Museum, the National Museum of Science and Innovation, attending the Orientation Program at the Center for International Relations, doing practices at Labs of X-Ray Optics, Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Pathology, visiting the Veterinary Hospital and the Center for Animal Disease Control (CADIC) of the UOM.Particularly, on this occasion Vietnam and Japan joint Symposium of Infections Diseases Control for Livestock was co-organized by the UOM, Miyazaki Prefecture, and VNUA. Attending the Symposium was Prof. Toshiaki Itami, Vice President (UOM), Dr. Masahito Suiko, Executive Director (UOM), Prof. Yamaguchi Ryoji, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, (UOM), Mr. Hiroyuki Miura, Deputy Director of Livestock Disease Prevention Division, and Mr. Shigehisa Sakoh, Director of Business Management Division. In addition, the Symposium was very honored to receive the attendance of 11 representative leaders and senior officials from the Ministry of Development and Rural Development, Vietnam who were attending their training course on capacity building and human resources management at the UOM and other institutions in Japan.The Symposium shed a light on emerging infectious diseases and their economic damages in Japan and Vietnam such as foot and mouth disease. The Symposium also provided the participants with better understanding on cultural characteristics of the two countries through a brief introduction about Japan and Vietnam.Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Thi Lan, Acting President of VNUA received the title “Outstanding Science and Technology Intellectuals - VUSTA 2015”
13/10/2015 01:14
On 8 October 2015, in Hanoi, the Presidium of the Central Council of Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), briefly called Vietnam Union, held the Conference of Patriotic Emulation and Outstanding Science and Technology Intellectuals Award - VUSTA 2015"The Conference reviewed achievements in the patriotic emulation movement and honored Outstanding Science and Technology Intellectuals of the period 2010 – 2015. Also, the Conference aimed at acknowledging the role of emulation and commendation, stimulating initiatives, and applied research and technologies to serve the national industrialization and modernization process.Attending the Conference were representatives of the Presidium of the Central Council of Vietnam Union, and relevant departments, especially 51 outstanding intellectuals nationwide. Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Thi Lan, Acting President of Vietnam National University of Agriculture attended the Conference as one of the outstanding intellectuals.Cultural Night, a new activity for international students at VNUA
09/09/2015 01:39
Vietnam National University of Agriculture has received international students since 1960. Sine then, VNUA has always created best conditions for their living and studying despite of its own difficulties. One of international cooperation strategies of VNUA is to attract more international students to pursue their higher education at VNUA. Therefore, VNUA has seen an increase in the number of international students both long term and short term. Currently, the number of long term international students is about 129 from 4 countries including Laos, Cambodia, Mozambique and Angola. The number of international students participating in short-term exchange programs (credit exchange, short-term training, interns, research fellows) are about hundreds of students each year. In order to create a playground for international students at the university, a Cultural Night was held on 21 August 2015.The World Bank's Country Director for Vietnam visited Vietnam National University of Agriculture.
26/08/2015 07:43
On 19 August, 2015, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Thi Lan, Vice President of Vietnam National University of Agriculture warmly welcomed Ms. Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank's Country Director for Vietnam on her first official visit to the university.At the reception, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Thi Lan expressed her delight at meeting Director Victoria Kwakwa and appreciated the WB’s support to Vietnam and her great contribution to the country’s poverty reduction and renovation cause over the past time. Assoc. Prof. Dr Lan took this opportunity to present an overview of VNUA and its development strategy from 2015 to 2020.Ms. Victoria Kwakwa highly valued the role of the university in the development of agriculture in Vietnam and emphasized that VNUA has not only provided human resources but also produced remarkable scientific results for agriculture and rural development of Vietnam. Its reliable findings and policy recommendations have been utilized as fundamentals for decisions and policies of the MARD and the Government. She also expressed sincerely her opinions about higher education reform in Vietnam today and expected to more appropriate policies to exploit effectively abundant source of knowledge especially in the agricultural sector of Vietnam .A lecturer of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, VNUA won the Best Student Award of the ISERPD 2015 held in Kyoto, Japan.
17/08/2015 07:56
From 21 to 24 June 2015, the 7th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases (ISERPD 2015) was successfully held in Kyoto, Japan. This event is held every 4 years in the world's major countries. It was organized in the Asia for the first time and Japan was honored to host this 7th Symposium.The ISERPD 2015 drew attendance of over 1,000 participants from approximately 37 countries, including Vietnam. A total of 180 presentations and posters were presented at the Symposium. They mainly focused on Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED), Viral Diarrhea Diseases, trans-boundary infectious diseases (c.f. Foot and Mouth Disease; FMD, African swine fever; ASF etc.), swine Influenza, Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases (PCVAD), economically significant pathogens in pigs (Mycoplasma, App, Brachyspira, Lawsonia, etc.), and potential emerging/re-emerging pathogens in pigs, etc (more information can be found at the website: http://emerging2015.com). College of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Saskatchewan, Canada visited Vietnam National University of Agriculture.
31/07/2015 09:14
On 27 July 2015, Ms. Penny Skilnik, Director of Special Projects in the College of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada together with her colleague Assoc. Prof. Dinh Anh, an Electrical and Computer Engineering specialist paid a visit to Vietnam National University of Agriculture.The University of Saskatchewan (the U of S) is a top tier research intensive university in Canada founded in 1907 and located in the heart of Saskantoon, the largest city of Saskatchewan province. The U of S is also ranked among the world's top 100 universities in the fields of agriculture and forestry. The U of S has 13 colleges with a broad combination of human, animal and plant studies in more than 100 disciplines. Its alumni include two Nobel Prize Winners and 1 Prime Minister of Canada. The college of Graduate Studies and Research offers over 60 Master’s level programs and over 45 programs at Doctorate level in the science and humanities (https://www.usask.ca/cgsr/).VNUA attended the Kick off Meeting of Greater Mekong Sub-region University Consortium and the Academic Credit Transfer Framework for Asia Project in Vientiane, Lao PDR
14/07/2015 03:51
Over two days from 8 and 9 July 2015, VNUA’s representatives attended the Kick off Meeting of Greater Mekong Sub-region University Consortium (GMS-UC) and the Academic Credit Transfer Framework for Asia (ACTFA) Project hosted by the SEAMEO RIHED in Vientiane, Laos PDR with the support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Delegates from the Murdoch Commission visited Vietnam National University of Agriculture
07/07/2015 12:57
On 16 June 2015, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Trach, Vice President of Vietnam National University Agriculture (VNUA) together with representative leaders of faculties and research centers warmly welcomed a delegation from the Murdoch Commission, led by Commission Co-Chair, Professor Mely Caballero Anthony. Joining with the Murdoch delegation were Japanese, Singaporean, and Australian scientists.Appointment of VNUA’s leader and announcement of a pilot scheme on transformation of VNUA’s operation mechanism in the period of 2015 – 2017
24/06/2015 09:41
On 22 June 2015, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) solemnly held a ceremony to announce the approval of the Decision issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on appointment of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan as Vice President for VNUA’s overall management starting 1st July 2015. Attending this remarkable event were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quoc Doanh, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Vu Tuan Dung, the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Party Committee of universities and colleges in Hanoi, representatives from functional departments of the Government Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Presidency Board of VNUA, and representative leaders of all units under the university.On behalf of the MARD, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh congratulated Vice President Nguyen Thi Lan and expressed his confidence that she will perform her best capacity to complete all tasks assigned a long with all VNUA’s staff for solidarity, creativity, and notable achievements in the coming period.A Conference on "Promotion of agricultural mechanization for agricultural sector’s restructuring held at Vietnam National University of Agriculture
19/06/2015 10:29
In recent years, agricultural mechanization has been intensively developed both in quality and quantity which has made a great contribution to improvement of farm power and labor as well as productivity and reduction of post-harvest losses. However, it hasn’t met needs of market oriented agricultural development towards global integration and still less developed than regional level.On 12 June 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a conference on "Promotion of agricultural mechanization for agricultural sector’s restructuring" at Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA).The conference reviewed status quo of application and market of machineries and equipment in agricultural production and proposed measures to boost mechanization in the process of agricultural restructuring towards production of higher added value agricultural commodities and sustainable development.Attending the conference were Mr. Vu Van Tam, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Nguyen Trong Hue, Director of the Department of Processing and Trade for Agro-forestry-Fisheries Products and Salt Production, Prof. Dr. Tran Duc Vien, President of VNUA, representatives of the Government Office, the Central Economic Committee and relevant agencies, and mass media, etc.