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Chapter 1 Basic Information

Technical Cooperation Project

for Building Capacity for Can Tho University to be an
Excellent Institution of Education, Scientific Research
and Technology Transfer

Chapter 1. Basic Information

1.1 General Information

- Project Title: Building capacity for Can Tho University to be an excellent institution of education,
scientific research and technology transfer
- Sponsored Agency: Japan International Cooperation Agency

- Line Agency: Ministry of Education and Training
- Project Proponent: Can Tho University

- Project Owner: Can Tho University
- Project period:

+ Project’s Minutes of Meeting was signed on May 29th, 2015
+ Project's Record of Discussion was signed on November 16th,
Project Office, 5 Floor of
th
2015
Administration Building,
+ Project implementing date was on March 15th, 2016 Campus II, CTU
+ Project ending date was on December 14th, 2021
- Project Site: Can Tho University

- Address: Campus II, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City

1.2 Project Background

At present, the world has stepped into the age of rapid and extensive development of science
revolution and modern technology, globalization, the integration progress - cooperation and economic
development, particularly the development of the economic knowledge. Besides, the world has to deal
with the common challenges such as global food security, climate change and sea level rise, pollution,
etc. but not any country alone can solve these facing issues.
For Viet Nam, the national development strategies have been identified "the economic development as
the major task; the implementation of industrialization and modernization of the country associated with
the development of the economic knowledge and the protection of natural resources and environment;
establishing probable, modern, efficient and sustainable economic structure that can be cohesive to
the industry, agriculture and services; the development of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture and
fisheries increasingly at a high technological level which are associated with the processing industry
and new rural construction; the guarantee of the harmonious development between different regions;
the promotion of rapid growth of key economic areas, and the facilitation of the improvement for the
underdeveloped regions…".

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