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Chapter 4 Results of Joint Review

and the Field Test Facilities (Greenhouse/Net house). Personnel organization and newly invested
facilities utilization plans have been prepared for this investment.

During the project life-time, 16 research programs funded by the ODA Loan Project and 2 ones by
the TC Project as seed collaborative research programs/directions between Japanese scientists and
Vietnamese partners have been developed and implemented. As the second achievement, more than
1,500 national and international papers have been jointly published so far. Based on the ODA Loan
and the TC Projects strategies, the strong joint research teams/groups involving scientists of different
disciplines among the university and the others have been established. Some up-to-date research
approaches, models, methodologies have been developed.
As the third achievement, the Master’s Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Tropical
Agriculture has been developed and launched in 2018 to support the human resource development
of the local community to deal with the climate change issues. As designed, the training program
curriculum has jointly been lectured by the lecturers of CTU and the professors of Japanese supporting
universities. So far, three cohorts with 97 master students were recruited from different provinces in
the MDR.

In the year of 2020, for the first time, the agriculture field of CTU was ranked at 251-300 level by the
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS World University Rankings). This is the first and sole achievement obtained
by a Vietnamese university in field ranking. Many thanks for great supports from Japan!

For the second phase of the TC Project, based on the human resources and the joint teaching models
developed, the new facilities invested, and the new research programs/directions developed and
achieved, further collaboration between Japanese scientists and the local partners will be put forwards
to improve the ranking of our universities, to better contribute to the development of our community,
and to cope with the 17 SDGs of the United Nations by 2030.
4.4.2 Overall Impact (Aquaculture and Fisheries field)

The implementation of one TC project and eight ODA Loan Projects in field of Aquaculture have
significantly impact to the research capacity, teaching activities and collaboration with stakeholders
not only in the MD, Viet Nam but also in the international countries. Firstly, research activities in overall
projects enhanced the research capacity of project leaders. From the interview, research program
leaders reported that their know-how of leading a large project team was improved, and collaboration
within academia, with local agencies/private sectors were enhanced. Their research team also learnt
new research methods, improved writing skills and published papers internationally. They have more
concerns on the international Journals and put the high priorities to the Journal selection which has
higher ranking and impact factor. More publication at international Journals helped improve their
vision on the dissemination of their research outcomes to international readers. Also, the main effect
is to increase the international publications of the College of Aquaculture and Fisheries. In the year of
2021 and 2022, over fifty manuscripts have been prepared and submitted to international Journals as
the outcomes of mostly eight ODA Loan Projects.
Improving research capacity can be seen through the outcomes of projects. Many new technologies
in aquaculture were developed and disseminated to stakeholders. Particularly, the research program
entitled “Innovation of green technology for aquaculture, F2” produced nine new technologies of which
six technologies have been transferred to stakeholders for ‘real-time’ application. Moreover, five of
them have been on the way to be accredited for the intellectual property. This is one of the strongest

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