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Chapter 4 Results of Joint Review

4.4 Overall impacts on three fields

(General reviews by the three fields’ coordinators and secretaries)

ODA Project Leader (General Coordinator of each core field)
CoA CAF CENRes

Assoc. Prof. Prof. Assoc. Prof.
Ly Nguyen Binh Tran Ngoc Hai Nguyen Van Cong
Vice Dean Vice Rector Dean

Leader/Coordinator Leader/Coordinator Leader/Coordinator

Assoc. Prof. Assoc. Prof. Assoc. Prof.
Nguyen Trong Ngu Tran Minh Phu Nguyen Xuan Loc
Vice Dean Vice Dean Vice Dean

Secretary Secretary Secretary

4.4.1 Overall Impact (Agriculture field)

Agriculture is the most important industry in the MDR of Viet Nam, which focuses on rice, fruit
and animal production, and hence, it should be strengthened in terms of both quality and quantity,
considering impacts to regional socio-economic development and global food security.
CTU possesses particular advantages in agricultural education and research from several viewpoints.
CTU’s strength among the strongest agricultural universities of Viet Nam also relates to its geographical
and socioeconomic circumstances. In spite of innovations in agriculture, such production management
that introduce information and communication technologies and quality improvement of agricultural
products among others are issues anticipated.

In terms of weather impacts, climate changes including warmer air temperature, increased rainfall,
sea-level rise leading to saline intrusion, emerging diseases and increasing stressors of local plants and
animals, etc. seriously affect agricultural production. Materializing adaptations to climate changes in
terms of human resource and research-based solution improvements is hence one of the urgent needs
of the region where agricultural production is highly vulnerable. Genetic studies for improved crop
varieties with higher salinity tolerances, updated plant protection approaches, and production system
improvement among others are strategies to help adapt to such climate change.

The ODA Loan Project (2015-2022) and the TC Project (2016-2021)-based investment/contribution
in terms of staff training for PhD degree and short-term, research programs implementation, master’s
program development and performance, and facility and equipment improvement to support those key
thematic topics/strategies has been constructed and implemented successfully.
As the first achievement, in terms of strengthening human resources in the field of agriculture, 25
staff members were trained and awarded PhD degrees in the fields of plant sciences, animal sciences,
and food technology by Japanese and other universities. These young scientists together with the
senior staff members have been installed to work at 45 newly built laboratories in the RLC, the ATL,

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