The objective of this program is to improve Vietnam’s capacity for teaching and conducting research in modern horticultural crop production with a particular focus on vegetables. This should enhance the ability of Vietnam to promote rural development in these industries and improve the efficiency of and quality of vegetable production. The project aims to achieve this by: | Project Title Code Improvement of Vietnam s capacity for teaching and research in horticultural crop production including vegetables and seeds in order to enhance rural development through the development of productive partnerships between research and training institutions in Vietnam and NSW Agriculture Australian Personnel Dr. Quoc Vong Nguyen Australian Institution NSW Agriculture Vietnam Institution Research Institute of Fruits Vegetables Hanoi Hue University of Agriculture Forestry - Hue and Institute of Agricultural Science of South Vietnam Hochiminh City Project Duration July 2001 to June 2003 Project Description The objective of this program is to improve Vietnam s capacity for teaching and conducting research in modern horticultural crop production with a particular focus on vegetables. This should enhance the ability of Vietnam to promote rural development in these industries and improve the efficiency of and quality of vegetable production. The project aims to achieve this by i Vietnamese horticultural scientists will visit NSW to collaborate in jointresearch projects and to review and learn about the Australian vegetable industry ii ii NSW Agricultural scientists will visit Vietnam to lecture and to work for a period with Vietnamese agricultural scientists and students in horticultural research projects and iii iii research training and trading liaisons will be enhanced between Vietnam and Australia. Objectives The objective of this program is to improve Vietnam s capacity for teaching and research in horticultural crop production including vegetables and seeds. This will in turn enhance their scientific and practical knowledge to help rural development resulting in efficient production and quality of vegetables in Vietnam through a Horticultural scientists from Vietnamese research institutions and Universities visiting NSW Agriculture to work for a period in Australian research institutions and to inspect and learn about the Australian vegetable .
