On August 29th 2019,
in term of Taiwan research project “Enhancing research capacity and exchanging
experiences between National Economics University in Vietnam and education
institutions in Taiwan about climate change and natural disaster risk
management”, National Economics University has organized International Science
Conference: “Climate change and agricultural “: Situation, Impact, Adaption, Insurance in Vietnam
and Taiwan.
Also in the conference, the
publication "Climate Change and Agriculture: Status,
Impact, Adaptation and Insurance in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam"
which is written by NEU’s research team is published.
Attending the conference, toward National Economics University, there were Prof.
Dr Tran Tho Dat – Party Committee
secretary, Assoc. Prof. Dr To Trung Thanh – Head of Department of Scientific
Management; Dr Dao Thanh Tung – Head of Department of International
Cooperation; Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen – Vice Head of Faculty of Environment,
Climate change and Urban studies and representatives of departments, lecturers
at National Economics University. Toward representative outside the university,
there were Dr. Tran Dai Nghia – Head of Natural Resources Economics and Environment, Institute of Policy
and strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development (IPSARD), Ministry of
Agricultural and Rural Development.
Toward Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
(TECO), there were Mr H.E. Richard
R.C. Shih, Head of Representative of TECO in Vietnam; Prof. Hsu-Hui Huang, Education Consultant; Mrs. Alice
Chang, Educational Department Secretary. Toward Taiwan National University,
there were Prof. Huu-Sheng Lur, President of College of Biology and Agricultural; Prof. Shih-Hsun Hsu, President of Taiwan I-O Balance
Research Association (TAIOS); Prof. Pei-Ing Wu, Agricultural Economic
Department. Beside that, there were experts from academic institutions,
research and international organizations such as FAO, Oxfarm and CARE
international also attended the conference.
On behalf of National Economics University, Prof. Dr. Tran
Tho Dat expressed the gratitude to all experts in field of climate change and
agricultural for attending the conference. Prof. Dr Tran Tho Dat affirmed that
Vietnam has been facing with tons of risks and challenges in the context of
climate change increasing. These problems were just solved by increasing the
co-operation action between adaptation and mitigation and this will require the
co-operation and contribution from all stakeholders in public and private
sector. Through that, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat sincerely thanked to individual
and organizations for supporting project, specially the support from Taiwan
Ministry of Education and Taipei Economics and Cultural Office in Vietnam.
Throughout the conference, all managers, scientists, society
organizations, academia, national and international experts had shared their
ideas, experiences and lessons about the impact of climate change on Taiwan
agricultural, Vietnam and Mekong Delta region. In addition, they also proposed
policies to deal with climate change, agricultural insurance and government’s
policies to aim at sustainable development.
At the beginning, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat had a warmly welcome
with all the guests from Taiwan. Prof. Dr Tran Tho Dat had introduced about
history of National Economics University and outstanding result in training and
researching and international Cooperating of National Economics University.
Prof. Dr Tran Tho Dat thanked to the guests hoped that they would have a
successful conference at National Economics University.