Vietnam is a long-standing partner of Flemish HEIs. From 2003 to 2023 VLIR-UOS spent over € 33,3 million in cooperation with Vietnam, including 4 long-term institutional partnerships, the Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) projects with Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Can Tho University (CTU) and Hue University (HU) and the interinstitutional NETWORK in Biosciences for food, coordinated by CTU in collaboration with 4 Vietnamese universities and research institutions.

Since September 2022, a new long-term IUC partnership with Quy Nhon University (QNU) started.

A TEAM-project with QNU and KU Leuven came to an end, recently. Watch their testimonials:

Vietnam is also one of our 29 scholarship countries.

Ongoing projects

Institutional University Cooperation

IUC 2019 Phase 2 HU IUC 2021 Phase In QNU

TEAM projects

Soil-improving cropping systems for sustainable rice production in the Vietnamese Mekong delta (SUSRICE) Reinforcing the capabilities of Quy Nhon University-Vietnam in solving local problems by building up a doctoral training program WAter MAnagement and urban DEvelopment in Ha Tinh in relation to climate change (WAMADE) An innovative solution to protect Vietnamese coastal riverbanks from floods and erosion Decentralized water treatment by waste-to-product approach using low cost - high performance adsorbents and ion-exchange Tackling the mycotoxin issue in Vietnamese agricultural products to minimize human exposure Damage assessment tools for Structural Health Monitoring of Vietnamese infrastructures Valorisation of phenolic compounds from plant by-products as natural preservatives for fruit preservation and food processing Impact of saltwater intrusion on water resources and irrigation in the Southern Central region of Vietnam under climate change

JOINT

Joint endeavour to enhance dairy and beef production in Vietnam, Uganda & Ethiopia An international academic Family Medicine Network on interprofessional collaboration

South Initiatives

Supporting the Mekong fish farmers with the breeding of tra catfish Assessment of urban flood hazard in Hanoi under current and future climate conditions Applying gene technology for sustainability: developing dsRNA delivery tools for aquaculture EmFaVie: Fighting the Emergence of Fascioliasis in Northern Vietnam Exploring foodborne parasites as a food safety problem in South Vietnam Effect of Green house gasses produced during organic matter accumulation in a dam area in the Mekong New appealing soybean functional foods with a taste of Vietnamese cultural heritage:design and dissemination of the technologies Towards a risk-based food safety management system in Da Nang, Vietnam Development of a drought monitoring and early-warning system for the central highlands of Vietnam Building Capacity for Disaster Management for the Mountainous region of Da Bac district, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam

Network University Cooperation

Networks 2019 Phase 2 Vietnam Bioscience

Vietnam and Agenda 2030 - country reference framework

VLIR-UOS revised its country approach towards an ‘Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development’ centred approach. Moreover, VLIR-UOS wants to facilitate connections between different actors and projects present in a given country. With these objectives in mind, the Country Reference Framework (CRF) for Vietnam supports teams of academics when identifying and formulating project proposals, by providing a context analysis focused on Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the higher education sector in Vietnam, and by providing an overview of Belgian development actors active in Vietnam, their ongoing projects and partners, in view of exploration of opportunities for synergy and complementarity.

VLIR-UOS cooperation in Vietnam has always been strongly aligned with the Vietnamese development plans through stimulating science innovation and high technology in products as well as improving and enhancing the quality of education, training and human resources development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been mainstreamed into Vietnam’s National action Plan for Implementation of Agenda 2030. This is in line with the objectives of VLIR-UOS on working towards Agenda 2030.