News

22/09/23

Visit of Mr Olivier Brochet, new Ambassador of France to IRD and CIRAD offices in Hanoi

On Wednesday 20 September 2023, the new French Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Olivier Brochet, visited the IRD and CIRAD offices.

11/07/23

FSPI OHSEA members attend SIMPLE Kick-Off meeting

On July 7 2023, SIMPLE project was launched in Hanoi. This IRD project promotes the use of metaverses to raise participatory questions about sustainable development issues in Southeast Asia. On this occasion, members of the FSPI OHSEA network attended the meeting to collaborate with the SIMPLE...

16/06/23

Vietnamese researcher Hoang Thi Giang honored the Tremplin ASEAN prize

Supported by the French Academy of Sciences and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Prix Tremplin ASEAN recognizes outstanding scientific cooperation between France and the ASEAN region (Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam).

15/06/23

Prix Tremplin ASEAN : two IRD scientists honored

Supported by the French Academy of Sciences and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Prix Tremplin ASEAN recognizes outstanding scientific cooperation between France and the ASEAN region (Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam). Sylvie...

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).

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.

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...

29/11/22

The Mekong Delta Emergency: Climate and Environmental Adaptation Strategies to 2050

With 19% of the national population living in the region, and a high contribution to national agricultural production, with 50% of rice production, 65% of aquaculture production and 70% of fruit production, the Mekong Delta is well positioned for trade with ASEAN countries and the Mekong sub-region.

29/11/22

GEMMES Vietnam final Report: Natianal Climate Change - Impacts and Adaptation

Within the framework of the study on the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Viet Nam and strategies for adaptation (GEMMES Viet Nam), French and Vietnamese researchers have produced this Report which defines different socio-economic scenarios for Viet Nam by 2050 in the context of climate...

17/10/22 - 28/10/22

CROCO Summer School : training on the Coastal and Regional Ocean Community model

The GdRI-South CROCO-South, which is part of the IRN project CROCO, organised from October 17 to 28 its first Summer School in Cape Town, South Africa, one of its partner countries.

14/09/22

First meeting of the Working Group on Sustaining soil and Water in Cultivated Soils

The first indoor meeting of the WG-SSAWCS will be held at IRD-Bondy (Paris-France) and will be combined with site visits to the University of Gembloux (Belgium) and Wageningen (WEPAL & ISRIC) to address issues related to water storage in soils and to assess the current state of soil compaction in...

09/05/22

Visit to the Department of Anthropology of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH)

Edmond Dounias, IRD representative for Vietnam and the Philippines, and Nguyen Cong Thanh, scientific cooperation officer at IRD Vietnam, were received at the Anthropology Department of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) by Nguyen Van Suu, Director of the Anthropology Department...

14/01/22 - 02/03/22

Exhibition “Plastic: Pollution and solution”

The documentary exhibition "Plastics: pollution and solutions" will tell us about the life of plastic from the place of production to the place of consumption in daily life, until it is dispersed in soil and water environments. Although addressing the situation in Vietnam but not limited to a...

22/11/21

The third phase of the PREZODE workshops will take place on November 23

On Tuesday November 23, the third phase of PREZODE workshops in East, Southeast and Pacific Asia will take place. These workshops will focus on PREZODE's activities and priority areas as well as potential barriers to change.

04/06/21

OHSEA: « One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia »

The steering committee of the OHSEA project "One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia" was held in May 2021.

22/03/21 - 24/03/21

Urgently tackling environmental issues: a series of events to address policy-makers in South-East Asia

From March 22 to 24, IRD researchers will be speaking at several side events held alongside the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021 (APFSD) to urge decision-makers in Southeast Asia to tackle without delay the environmental problems that threaten our future and that of our children.

17/03/21

Signing ceremony of the renewal of the MOU with Can Tho University (CTU)

The signing ceremony of the renewal of the MOU between Can Tho University (CTU) and IRD was held on the occasion of an official visit to Can Tho by the French Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Nicolas Warnery.

07/01/21

GEMMES VN Webinar/seminar series - 4th session

After the success of the three sessions of the GEMMES VN webinar series in December 2020, we are pleased to invite you to attend the 4th session this coming Thursday, which will deal with adaptation policies, climate change governance and local responses to climate hazards in order to provide...

05/06/20

Roundtable on Air Pollution

Air pollution by fine particles is a global issue. It is the main health risk and the main cause of non-communicable diseases, the second largest contributor to global warming (just after CO2), and with quantities of fine particles arriving in the ocean more than twice the amount of plastic waste...

26/05/20

COMOKIT

IRD in Vietnam has set up a multidisciplinary team of researchers from UMMISCO (Huynh Quang Nghi, Nguyen Ngoc Doanh, Alexis Drogoul, Benoit Gaudou, Arthur Brugière, Kevin Chapuis), MIVEGEC (Marc Choisy, Damien Philippon) and DIADE (Pierre Larmande), assisted by colleagues from INRAE ​​(Patrick...