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Professor Vo Tong Xuan was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Golden Rays and Ancient Ribbons of the Government of Japan

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The Japanese government has made an official decision to award the Order of the Rising Sun (The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon) to Professor Vo Tong Xuan. At the same time, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu also sent a congratulatory letter to Professor Vo Tong Xuan.

Professor Vo Tong Xuan (right) was honored to receive the Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Photo: B.NG Professor Vo Tong Xuan studied in Japan in 1974, studying at Kyushu University with research topics related to rice cultivation techniques in the tropics and completed his doctoral program (Agronomy) here. After returning home, he continued to work at Can Tho University and together with Japanese researchers continued to work on topics related to rice cultivation techniques and together published many articles. science, popularization of agricultural techniques and policies. Then, as a pioneer in academic exchanges between Japan and Vietnam in the field of agronomy, he built the first foundation for cooperation between the two sides. In 1997, as a researcher and visiting lecturer at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University, he came to Japan for 1 year and had many studies related to the agricultural cooperative model of Japan, as well as acting as a focal point for study tours in Japan for Vietnamese farmers and policy makers. After returning home, he introduced about agricultural policies, especially agricultural cooperatives and agricultural techniques of Japan. He also has many contributions to strengthening cooperation in the agricultural sector between Japan and Vietnam through Japan’s ODA cooperation programs. Typically the first Japanese cooperation program on agricultural engineering training through a cooperation project with the Faculty of Agriculture, Can Tho University (1970-1975), in the framework of a tripartite cooperation. Japan’s first time in Africa in the program “African Rice Development Alliance” initiated by JICA, advised and had many contributions in the “Technical Improvement Project to improve rice yield in the region. area of ​​Nante, Zambezia province, Mozambique ”(period 2011-2015) …

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