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Chapter 4 Results of Joint Review

Dominant comments from Environment

What benefits have you (Leader) gained through participating in the research
Q2-1
activities?

Improved team work skills E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,E6,E7,E8,E10,TC4
Collaboration with Japanese scientists E2,E3,E4,E9,E12
What lessons have you (Leader) learned through collaborating with Japanese
Q2-2
scientists?

Attitude to research E1,E2,E4,E6,E8,TC4
What favorable/unfavorable impacts have the staff members of the program
Q2-3
received through participating in the research activities?

Complexity of financial/administrative
E3,E4,E5,E6,E8
procedures
What favorable/unfavorable impacts have the students of the program received
Q2-4
through participating in the research activities?

Good educational influence All

Difficulty in understanding the entire picture of
E5,E9
a project by students
Q2-5 Are there any changes around you before and after the research activities?

Encouraging application for external funds E2,E4,E7,E10,E12,TC4

Good results for teaching E4,E8
Encouraging more outreach E11,TC4

(The rightmost column shows programs from which comments were given)
4.2.4 Selected comments given to Question 2

The below is a collection of selected comments given by leaders of the research programs, which
may be useful for planning of future research and educational activities.
1) Agriculture

 Understanding and orienting for future research to all staff members.

 Transferring academic, career, motivations and personal interests to students and colleagues.
 Fostering critical thinking and analytical abilities for students.

 Improving morale and discipline in working
 The strongest point of the project is to connect 3 parties: Japanese universities - CTU and localities
 In some cases, it is difficult to apply techniques learned in Japan because of the lack or absence of
chemicals, facilities, etc. in Viet Nam.

 The unfavorable impacts are that many outputs make stressed the leader. The output should be not
so much like that.

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