Workshop ”Vietnam Biotech V: Growing the Future” at CTU
Friday, 10 August 2012
On August 8th 2012, Can Tho University (CTU) held the workshop "Vietnam Biotech V: Growing the Future" at Hall II of CTU. The workshop was honorably sponsored by the U.S Embassy in Hanoi in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD).
The workshop was honored to welcome Mr. Robert W. Ogburn, Deputy Consul of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and other officers, counselors, attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi; Dr. Paulo Paes de Andrade (Brazil), the keynote speaker of the conference as well as other international guests of honor; Mr. Pham Dong Quang, Deputy Director of Crop Production Department of MARD, Vietnam; the distinguished speakers, guests and representatives from other institutes, universities, local authorities and companies in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Participants at CTU’s side were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Thanh Toan - CTU Rector, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong - CTU Vice Rector and representatives of Biotechnology Development and Research Institute, Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, College of Aquaculture and Applied Biotechnology and College of Aquaculture and Fisheries.
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The workshop "Vietnam Biotech V: Growing the Future" held at Hall II of CTU
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With the strengths on agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries, the Mekong Delta in Vietnam has provided much important contribution to food security of the whole country as well as food safety of the world. Therefore, CTU pays highly attention to develop the academic training, research and technology transfer in those fields to foster regional potentials. Upon the new context of complicated and harsh changes of the weather - climate, CTU has strongly promoted the research on the application of biotechnology in the selection and propagation of plants and animals, which are able to adapt to the severe changes of climate like flooding, drought and seawater invasion. At the workshop, local policy-makers, CTU staff and students had good opportunities, from outstanding speakers’ lectures and responses, to learn about and get more inside biotech development, breakthroughs and applications in agriculture development around the world, particularly in Brazil, to improve the productivity, quality and environment protection, as well as its highly potential application of biotech in agriculture in Vietnam. Also on this occasion, CTU also shared the participants the information on training biotech and adaptation to climate change, the orientation on research and rice production in climate change adaptation, as well as applying biotechnology in crop protection and growth.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Thanh Toan - CTU Rector kindly expressed his warm welcome to valued guests and stated the opening for the workshop
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Mr. Robert W. Ogburn, Deputy Consul of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City provided his warm greeting speech at the workshop
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Dr. Paulo Paes de Andrade (Brazil), keynote speaker of the workshop presented the biotech development and application in Brazil’s agriculture development
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Participants expressed the questions under their concerns of biotech to the speakers
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Distinguished speakers at the workshop provided responses to the participants’ questions
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong, CTU Vice Rector provided his speech to close the workshop
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Group photo of participants at the workshop
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