On 28 September, a seven-member delegation from Kyoto University, including President Juichi Yamagiwa and Professor Shigeo Fujii, Dean of the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), paid a courtesy visit to the University of Science and Technology - University of Danang (DUT), Vietnam.
The group was greeted in the rector's conference room by Vice Rector Le Cung, Associate Professor Tran Van Quang (Dean, Faculty of Environment), Senior Lecturer Dr Dao Ngoc The Luc (Vice Head, Science Technology & International Cooperation Office), and others. The visitors were briefed on the current statuses of, and future plans for, DUT's educational and research activities, and industry collaboration. A presentation on the history of collaborative activities between KU and DUT in the areas of education and research was also made. Then, the two parties exchanged views on how to further this bilateral partnership.
Following the meeting, the KU delegation toured the host university's laboratories and other facilities before visiting GSGES's local office. There, the group received a report on GSGES's activities at DUT and took part in a video conference with the graduate school's three other locations -- Hue, Hanoi, and Kyoto. More than ten persons participated from each office, including relevant faculty members, students and alumni of local universities, and GSGES students and interns, all of whom actively shared information on their research and education activities in Vietnam.
KU and DUT students and researchers regularly visit each other's institutions to take advantage of opportunities to learn about advanced methods for solving wide-ranging and complex environmental problems, both global and regional, and to study and address unfolding issues faced by rapidly developing Asian countries.
Courtesy visit by President Yamagiwa (front left) and other KU officials to DUT
Video conference linking Da Nang, Hue, Hanoi, and Kyoto
