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

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

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

From April 8–15, 2025, the Institute of Natural Resources and Environment – 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 energy use, …

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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. …

Hopes raised for the conservation of the world’s rarest turtle in Vietnam; second animal photographed in Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi

Hopes raised for the conservation of the world’s rarest turtle in Vietnam; second animal photographed in Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi

It has been a long and often tiring road, as conservation efforts for the world’s rarest turtle have been ongoing since 2003, with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) conducting surveys throughout 21 provinces in northern Vietnam.  The giant Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also known as Hoan Kiem Turtle, is critically endangered; reaching up to 150kg or more in size, it was heavily hunted from the …

The call for application for APFNet 2020 Scholarship Program (ASP) is now open. ASP still offers Master’s Degree Program for two years and Ph.D. Scholarship Program for four years.

We are pleased to announce that the call for application for APFNet 2020 Scholarship Program (ASP) is now open. ASP still offers Master’s Degree Program for two years and Ph.D. Scholarship Program for four years. Application deadline: May 31, 2020 Application procedures: Applicants are expected to submit applications through universities’ websites. Links for application are listed as follows: Master’s Degree Program: BFU: …

Overseas Research Grant Program

Overseas Research Grant Program

For Applicants in Vietnam, 2020 1. Criteria for Applicants who can apply Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF) supports scientists of Asian nationality who are conducting research in their own countries with following criteria. 1) The applicant must reside in Vietnam. 2) The applicant must conduct research at university, college, or associated institute in Vietnam (except private sectors) and should be master’s degree candidate or …

Fieldwork activities in Bangladesh of Component 4

Fieldwork activities in Bangladesh of Component 4

After the first annual conference of the Living Deltas HUB project, 08 members of the research team under Component 4 and the Project Management Board members organized a preliminary field trip to the Ganges coastal plain - Brahmaputra-Meghna belongs to Khulna state, Bangladesh. The team surveyed a number of eroded river banks, coastal aquaculture sites and mangroves in Sunderban, Bangladesh, and conducted interviews with two groups of people …