Asia

10/05/23

IRD will be present at the United Nations Climate Solutions Fair in Bangkok

From May 15 to 19, the 79th Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will take place at the United Nations in Bangkok. The theme of this meeting is "Accelerating climate action in Asia and the Pacific for sustainable development". On this occasion, IRD will present some of its...

08/05/23

The symposium "One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia, What's Next?" was held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology

From April 24 to 26, 2023, the restitution and capitalization colloquium of the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects One Health in Southeast Asia, "One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia, What's Next?" was held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (USTH).

21/04/23

Training on Crop Water Requirement Calculation and Agricultural Water Use at the Indian Institute of Science

On April 18 and 19, the training was organized at the Indian Institute of Science, in the framework of the World Bank REWARD project.

19/04/23

Launch of the Symposium on the use of viral vectors for gene transfer and genome editing

April 18 was the launch day of the Franco-Thai Symposium on the Study of Viral Vectors. Gathered at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences of Mahidol University, the coordinating scientists of the new Thai Vector Research Center presented their work and the recently inaugurated research platform to...

18/04/23

An update on IRD research in Timor Leste

The IRD is involved in Timor Leste on maritime themes through several projects, such as the ANR POPEI (which aims to strengthen the dialogue between cultural policies, science and local heritage in the archipelago, 2019-2023), and the project SHELLFISH (European project of Marie Curie actions, MSCA...

07/04/23

Publication of an IRD book on the ethnic groups of Northern Laos

The new book Ethnic life in Northernmost Laos - A visual journey by Grégoire Schlemmer, IRD Antropologist, and co-edited by IRD Editions/Dokked Publishing has just been published. This book explores the diversity and cultural richness of the ethnic groups present in the northernmost province of Laos...

04/04/23

Raising awareness on scientific integrity and ethics in research, Seminar in Hanoi

Le 4 avril 2023, le CIRAD a organisé à l'hotel Grand Vista de Hanoi un séminaire de sensibilisation à l'intégrité scientifique et à l'éthique en recherche.

30/03/23

Launch of CapThai project

The launch meeting of the CapThai project took place on March 28 in Bangkok, in front of about 100 participants, including health care personnel in charge of TB patients. The meeting included a presentation of the program and partner organizations.

20/03/23

IJL PRESTO: Review of the Regional Medical Research Meeting

Woottichai Khamduang and Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, coordinators of the PRESTO International Joint Laboratory (IJL), organized a brainstorming meeting on March 14, 2023 on the theme "What research should be conducted to prevent future epidemics/pandemics in Southeast Asia?"

17/03/23

Round table on the topic "The role of women in scientific innovation"

On Friday 17 March, IRD, the French Institute of Vietnam, and UN Women co-organized a round table on the topic "The role of women in scientific innovation". This round table was organized under the framework of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of France-Vietnam diplomatic relationships and on...

28/02/23

At the heart of villages, preventing the next pandemic with the AfriCam project

Prevention would cost a hundred times less than controlling future pandemics. AFD, CIRAD, IRD and their partners have therefore launched an ambitious project to strengthen surveillance and early detection systems in four African countries and Cambodia. AfriCam is the first project in the Preventing...

20/02/23

Students from the Lycée Français International de Vientiane (LFIV) visit the ROCKET Project Cricket Farm

A school trip from the Lycée Français International de Vientiane (Laos) allowed fourth grade students to discover a cricket farm, an IRD partner.

07/02/23

IRD 2023 General Assembly

The General Assembly of IRD in Thailand took place on February 6 in Si Racha, Chonburi province. This meeting was an opportunity to exchange on the orientations of the Representation and the activities of the researchers.

24/01/23

Signature of the agreement for the IJL PRESTO creation at Chiang Mai University

The Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences of Chiang Mai University welcomed on Wednesday 18th January delegations from IRD of Thailand and Laos for the signature of the creation of the International Joint Laboratory - IJL PRESTO.

21/12/22

Training on Zotero software, an essential tool for managing scientific publications

From 5 to 8 December 2022, a training session on Zotero software and the methodology of searching for scientific information on the Internet brought together a dozen teacher-researchers from different faculties and research organisations in Vientiane (Faculty of Agriculture, Architecture, Natural...

06/12/22 - 07/12/22

Environmental risks, subject of the science festival and of a new International Joint Laboratory

There are many environmental hazards in Indonesia: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, sea level rise, etc. These events occur frequently, impacting the development of many communities in the country.

02/12/22

Meeting between Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Dr. Xavier Mari at the Black Carbon exhibition presented at the United Nations offices in Bangkok

Thanks to the support of the French Embassy in Thailand, IRD was able to exhibit the panels "Black Carbon: the dark side of human activity" in the ESCAP premises during the seventh session of the Committee on Environment and Development from November 29 to December 1, 2022.