HARVESTING LINGZHI MUSHROOMS UNDER THE CANOPY OF ACACIA FORESTS: A SUCCESSFUL FIRST STEP OF THE PROJECT TO COMMERCIALIZE RARE MUSHROOMS IN THE KON KA KINH BUFFER ZONE

HARVESTING LINGZHI MUSHROOMS UNDER THE CANOPY OF ACACIA FORESTS: A SUCCESSFUL FIRST STEP OF THE PROJECT TO COMMERCIALIZE RARE MUSHROOMS IN THE KON KA KINH BUFFER ZONE

26/06/2025 15:38

In mid-June 2025, the Institute of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) in collaboration with the Chu Yang Sin Medicinal Mushroom Cooperative and the local authorities of Ayun Commune, Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Mang Yang District, Gia Lai Province organized the first harvest of red lingzhi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) grown under the canopy of acacia forests. This is one of the outstanding results of the …

Field survey on ecosystem-based practices and climate-adapted aquaculture in Thai Binh and Nam Dinh provinces

Field survey on ecosystem-based practices and climate-adapted aquaculture in Thai Binh and Nam Dinh provinces

17/05/2025 15:27

In the context of climate change increasingly affecting aquaculture activities, the project “Ecosystem-based practices and climate-resilient aquaculture in Thailand and Vietnam” funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada (2024-2027) has been implemented to study the current situation and find sustainable solutions for the livelihoods of coastal people based on nature. The objective of the project is to help improve the …

DOCTORAL THESIS EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR PHD CANDIDATE DUONG ANH QUAN

DOCTORAL THESIS EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR PHD CANDIDATE DUONG ANH QUAN

16/05/2025 15:06

On May 14, 2025, the Central Institute of Natural Resources and Environment Studies (CRES) held a meeting of the Council to evaluate the doctoral dissertation for PhD Candidate Duong Anh Quan with the topic: "Assessing flood risks in the context of climate change for sustainable development of the urban core area of ​​Can Tho city", Major in Environment and Sustainable Development, code: 9440301.04. Attending the dissertation defence of PhD …

VNU strengthens cooperation with leading higher education institutions of the Russian Federation

VNU strengthens cooperation with leading higher education institutions of the Russian Federation

11/05/2025 15:18

VNU President Le Quan is a member of the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation during General Secretary To Lam's working trip to the Russian Federation from May 8 to 11, 2025. On this occasion, Director Le Quan and the VNU delegation will visit and work with leading educational institutions of the Russian Federation to enhance cooperation in training and research as well as contribute to strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between …

Nagao Scholarship Award Ceremony 2024–2025: Empowering Scientific Research in Nature Conservation

Nagao Scholarship Award Ceremony 2024–2025: Empowering Scientific Research in Nature Conservation

19/04/2025 18:02

On April 3, 2025, the Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environment (CRES), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), solemnly held the Nagao Scholarship Award Ceremony for the 2024–2025 academic year. This meaningful event not only recognized the efforts of outstanding graduate students but also reaffirmed a long-term commitment to supporting scientific research on nature conservation and biodiversity in Vietnam. The ceremony was …

Energy Transition Survey in the Buffer Zone of Xuan Thuy National Park: Spreading the Message of Sustainable Development from the Grassroots

Energy Transition Survey in the Buffer Zone of Xuan Thuy National Park: Spreading the Message of Sustainable Development from the Grassroots

19/04/2025 17:22

From April 8–15, 2025, the Central Institute of Natural Resources and Environment (CRES) – Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) conducted a field survey in five buffer zone communes of Xuan Thuy National Park (Nam Dinh Province). The activity was part of the project "Energy Transition and Environmental Sustainability," funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) through Expertise France. The trip aimed to explore the current state of …

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

03/10/2024 15:57

The Living Deltas Hub Report and Network launch was held on September 5, 2024, at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Hanoi. The event was co-organized by the Vietnam National University Central Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) at Hanoi, the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub and the British Embassy in Hanoi. The event drew the attention of more than 40 governmental officials from different ministries such as the …

Nicole Greeson MS, CIH

11/09/2024 12:33

Ms. Nicole Greeson, MS, CIH is the current President of AIHA. She is Associate Director of the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office as well as Director of the Occupational Hygiene and Safety Division at Duke University and Health System in Durham, NC, USA. She has over 20 years of experience practicing comprehensive industrial hygiene and general safety. Nicole received her Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) degree in …

Dr. David Michaels PhD, MPH

11/09/2024 12:31

David Michaels, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and professor at George Washington University School of Public Health. He served as the longest-serving Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA from 2009 to 2017, where he strengthened exposure standards and launched several initiatives, including the Temporary Workers Initiative and sustainability activities. Earlier, he was the Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and …

Marianne Levitsky MES, CIH, ROH, FAIHA Senior Industrial Hygiene Associate Co-founder – Workplace Health Without Borders

11/09/2024 12:28

Marianne Levitsky was founding President of Workplace Health Without Borders, a non-profit organization that engages volunteers in promoting occupational health for workers everywhere.  A senior associate with ECOH, an Ontario consulting firm, she was previously Director, Prevention Best Practices in the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), an occupational hygienist with the Ontario Ministry of Labour, and a co-founder of the …

A/Prof. Doan Ngoc Hai MD, PhD, MBA Chairman, Board of Trustees Hanoi University of Public Health

11/09/2024 12:23

Dr. Doan Ngoc Hai is the current appointed Chairman of the board of trustees of Hanoi University of Public Health.  He started working at the National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, an agency within the Ministry of Health, since 2007 as Head of General Division.  In 2013, he was promoted to Vice Director and in June of 2014, he was appointed as General Director.  Dr. Doan earned his M.D. degree in General practice from Hanoi …

Dr. John Howard MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA

Dr. John Howard MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA

11/09/2024 10:48

John Howard serves as the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. He first served as Director of NIOSH from 2002 through 2008, and again from 2009 to 2015. He was re-appointed to a third six-year term in 2015 and a fourth six-year term in 2021. Prior to his appointment as Director of …

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2

02/07/2024 8:18

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2  ORGANIZER’S FOREWORD Hosting this international conference is one of the opportunities for VNU-CRES to engage and explore various global perspectives, build collaborative relationship and expand its cooperation in research, training, information and academic exchange. It also promotes and builds capacities for our staff in occupational and environmental health with other research institutions and organizations in the …

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENCE

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENCE

14/06/2024 10:57

The Conference Organizing Committee is proudly present the First Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OSHE) at the Vietnam National University to be sponsored by the Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB) branches in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia and hosted by the Vietnam National University - Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES). Our conference’s theme for this year is …

Call for 3rd batch applications: fellowship opportunities under Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Program

Call for 3rd batch applications: fellowship opportunities under Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Program

18/03/2024 10:53

Launch of the call: 15 March 2024 Application deadline: 14 April 2024, 23:59 (Bangkok/Indochina time) Submissions of applications will only be accepted through online submission platform: https://sei.submittable.com/submit/290749/mekong-thought-leadership-and-think-tanks-network-call-for-fellows-round-3 Background The Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network Program (MTT), supported by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and …

Divergent response of maize and soybean rhizosphere to arbuscular mycorrhiza

Divergent response of maize and soybean rhizosphere to arbuscular mycorrhiza

01/01/2024 6:50

Environmental Chemistry Letters SCIE, Q1, IF 15.7, ISSN: 1610-3653  Ali Feizi a, Anh The Luu b, Van Dinh Mai c, Thu Tran Thi Tuyet c, Shang Wang d, Duyen Thi Thu Hoang d e Abstract Maize and soybean are capable of forming symbiotic relationship with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which enables the plants to overcome P limitations and resist drought effects. The results indicate that the activities of β-glucosidase, chitinase and acid …

Resilience and Prosperity in Vietnam’s Rice Heartlands: Tales from the Red River and Mekong Delta

Resilience and Prosperity in Vietnam’s Rice Heartlands: Tales from the Red River and Mekong Delta

07/11/2023 14:51

By Hue Le, Van Kien Nguyen and Holly Sutherland This blog is about the work of the Hub’s CCI-AGU team: Van Kien Nguyen, Nguyen Van Thai, Le Ngoc Hiệp, Nguyen Minh Đăng, Huynh Ngoc Duc, Vo Van Oc, Tran Van Hieu, Le Thi Xa and WARECOD’s Lan Nguyen. Nestled in the heart of Southeast Asia, Vietnam boasts the world's third-largest rice export industry. At the epicentre of this agricultural powerhouse lies the magnificent Mekong River Delta, often …

Assessment of the threat status of reptile species from Vietnam – Implementation of the One Plan Approach to Conservation

Assessment of the threat status of reptile species from Vietnam – Implementation of the One Plan Approach to Conservation

20/09/2023 9:22

Subsequent to a recently published study in Nature Conservation highlighting the gaps in the protection of Vietnam´s amphibians (https://blog.pensoft.net/2022/07/05/scientists-identify-gaps-in-the-protection-of-vietnams-amphibians/), Thomas Ziegler and his international cooperation team now present another threat analysis, this time dealing with a detailed assessment of Vietnam’s reptile fauna to uncover gaps in conservation. Globally, reptiles …

Advancing Policy and Practice on Climate Action through intergenerational dialogue in Vietnam and beyond across Southeast Asia

Advancing Policy and Practice on Climate Action through intergenerational dialogue in Vietnam and beyond across Southeast Asia

17/08/2023 23:26

APPOCA is funded by the British Academy Maximising Impact scheme (funded by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), that is intended to take forward impacts from ongoing cutting-edge research. APPOCA has been developed to advance the impacts from the Youth-led Adaption to Climate Change Challenges in Vietnam (YACC) project. You have been invited to these workshops as somebody with an important role to play in relation to …

Call for Participants for the International Joint Research and Training Workshop on Environmentally Green Technology for Sustainable Development Goals and Net Zero Emission

Call for Participants for the International Joint Research and Training Workshop on Environmentally Green Technology for Sustainable Development Goals and Net Zero Emission

03/08/2023 16:17

Driven by the deterioration of environmental quality and the climate change, 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 2050 net zero carbon emission (NZE) have merged as significant global issues. More than 130 countries have set or are considering a target of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases to net zero by mid-century. Up to now, most countries have pledged to cut down CO2 emission by at least 45% in 2030 and achieve the net zero …

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

28/07/2023 9:15

The 1st International Conference on the Practical Zero Emissions Technologies and Strategies (PZETS 2023) and the 2nd Workshop on Water Sustainability & Green Technology will be organized by the Australasia Practical Zero Emissions Society (APZES) and hosted by Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM). This PZETS 2023 will be held from 9 to 12 December 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. …

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