Wednesday, 12/05/2021 10:08 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese Professor Vo Tong Xuan has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Japanese Government.
Professor Vo Tong Xuan (Photo: laodong.vn)
The information was announced by the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10.
Prof. Vo Tong Xuan, who was born in 1940 in An Giang province, is an established scientist and researcher on agriculture in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta, the largest rice granary in the country.
After receiving his doctoral certificate at Kyushu University in Japan in 1975 for his research on rice cultivation in the tropics, he has worked with Japanese researchers conducting research on rice farming.
He is a pioneer and an active contributor to promoting academic exchanges between Japan and Vietnam in the field of agriculture. He was the visiting lecturer at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, in 1997, during which he arranged many field trips for Vietnamese farmers and policy makers.
He has also made significant contributions to strengthening Vietnam – Japan agricultural cooperation through Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) projects.
On this occasion Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu sent a letter of congratulations to the Vietnamese professor./.
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