Introduction about IRD in Vietnam

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IRD (The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) is an international multidisciplinary organization presenting in approximately fifty countries. It is focusing on research, expertise, training and knowledge-sharing to the benefit of countries and regions that make science and innovation key drivers in their development.

Being in Vietnam since the early 1990s, IRD researchers cooperate with Vietnamese colleagues to build and share original scientific knowledge that will eventually be applied and used for a sustainable development of the countries in the field of social, health, enviromental sciences. Besides that, IRD is also doing the training for students and young researchers and supporting them either financially or through posted researchers, and in assembling multidisciplinary collaborative networks.

There are two main activities of IRD in Vietnam:

  • Scientific Activities: including three major areas
  • Environment and resources: Climate change and natural hazards; Coastal erosion; Ecosystems and biodiversity; Biogeochemical cycles and enviromental pollution; Production and food security
  • Societies: Vulnerability, inequality and growth; Boundaries and social and spatial dynamics
  • Health: Nutition; Health and Environment
  • Partnerships: IRD has established long-term partnerships with the main Vietnamese research and training institutions ( Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, many universities,…) as well as the international organizations and agencies in Vietnam ( Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, WHO, World Bank, UNDP,…)

One of the most impressed activities of IRD in Vietnam for me is the research on coastal erosion problem and mitigation in the Mekong Delta and Hoi An City. As a result of global warming and climate change, the level of the sea is rising significantly and some parts of Vietnam Mekong Delta is sinking in the water. That’s the reason why the research of IRD is very important . Based on that research people can take the timely action to save our land.

Writer: Le Ngoc Anh (No. 03)

IRD in Vietnam- A major scientific referent on development challenges

Source: www.vietnam.ird.fr/content/…/1/…/dépliant_représentation_Vietnam_UK_mail.pdf

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2 thoughts on “Introduction about IRD in Vietnam”

    • Hi Prof. BRAYER, thank you so much for your kind comments. Yes, of course, the research centers play a important role in innovation for me. These research centers like IRD help me to raise my knowledge in many field of life such as the society problems, environment matters as well as the new technologies, etc. The better knowledge will support me to have more and more excellent innovation ideas.
      _Le Ngoc Anh_

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