On the afternoon of April 23, 2018, Prof. Dr. Pham Van Cuong, Vice President of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), hosted the official welcome ceremony for Prof. Fuh-Sheng Shieu, the President of the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), for the discussion of collaborative opportunities and resigning of the Memorandum of Understanding first implemented in 2012.

Participating in the delegation of NCHU, were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jenn-Wen Huang – Vice Dean, specialists, and representatives from the faculties and centers of agronomy, biotechnology, natural resources, ecology, science and materials engineering. From the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) were Prof. Dr. Pham Van Cuong and representatives from the Faculties of Agronomy, Biotechnology, Land Management, Environment, Engineering, and the Office of International Cooperation.

At the meeting, the two universities exchanged information and shared achievements in training and research from the past five years. NCHU is one of the leading agricultural education universities in Taiwan and is among the top 150 universities worldwide in the field of agriculture and forestry. NCHU possesses well-equipped and modern facilities to facilitate the needs of training and research at the university. NCHU has facilities for training and research which are considered to be the best of all universities in Taiwan (https://www.nchu.edu.tw/default/mid/606).

 

VNUA and NCHU updated and exchanged their notable training and research achievements over the past five years

On this occasion, VNUA and NCHU resigned the Memorandum of Understanding between the two universities. The cooperation between the two universities will focus on the following activities: (i) the exchange of staff and students, (ii) the dual degree training program, (iii) the collaboration in research, seminars and conferences; and (iv) other activities as agreed by the two universities. Under this MOU, as for academic cooperation, NCHU would accept VNUA’s students and offer them tuition fee waiver for undergraduate students or governmental scholarships or tuition fee waivers for graduate students. NCHU is also willing to receive VNUA’s students majoring in veterinary medicine under the collaborative training program between NCHU and Kansas State University – USA. In addition, the relationship between VNUA and UC Davis – USA will be strengthened thanks to the promotion of the tripartite cooperation of NCHU as a bridge and a friendly partner of UC Davis for many years.

VNUA and NCHU resigned the Memorandum of Understanding first implemented in 2012

VNUA and NCHU exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding

This is the working visit of NCHU’s President to Vietnam National University of Agriculture to further strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two universities. It is hoped that the cooperation between the two sides will be expanded with more activities and more notable results.