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The Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) was established by Decree No. 220/2005/QD-TTg which was signed by the Prime Minister of Vietnam on 9 September 2005.
English name:       Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences  (VAAS)
Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Board of directors: One president and two vice presidents;
Number of department: Five departments;
Number of member institution: Nine research institutes and one centre.

 

 
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FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

VAAS has diverse responsibilities: 
 
- To provide to the Minister of MARD the comprehensive visions, strategic directions and research and development programs in Vietnamese agriculture and rural development; 

  - To conduct basic and applied research, technology transfer and post-graduate training programs in agriculture and rural development.
-Major research fields: crop production,
soil fertility and fertilizers, plant protection, post harvest technology and quality assurance, cropping systems that are in harmony with the natural environment; 
 
To evaluate, approve and monitor research and  development projects that are submitted and implemented by the VAAS’ member institutions;
To collect, maintain and multiply Vietnamese crop germplasm, breeding lines, parental lines and microbiological strains (including edible and medicinal mushroom/fungi);
 
- To deliver advisory services and production solutions for agriculture to the farming sector; 
- To conduct the professional development of staff including post-graduate study and external training in agriculture and rural development;

- To establish international liaison for co-operation in research, technology transfer, expertise exchange and human resources development; and
 
- To co-operate with local and international organizations and individuals to develop scientific research and technology, testing new techniques and human resources development on the assigned fields.
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Understanding the Evolution of Defense Metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana
With the improvement and decline in cost of high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies, genome-wide association (GWA) studies are fast becoming a preferred approach for dissecting complex quantitative traits.

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NEW FUSARIUM CHEMOTYPE TIGHTENS FHB TOLERANCE LEVELS
Mycotoxin contamination in wheat is a big problem of the industry in Canada. The mycotoxins are produced by the fusarium head blight Fusarium graminearum. A level of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) has been established for the wheat harvest in the country based on the mycotoxin produced by the traditional chemotype or strain of F. graminearum 15 ADON.

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Drought-tolerance: A Learning Challenge for Poor Farmers
'Drought-tolerant crops could improve food security - if researchers take downstream adoption challenges seriously, says Travis Lybbert.'

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Study Finds Media May be Overhyping Benefits of Organic Food, Agriculture
News accounts of organic agriculture and organic food are more likely to be positive than negative and inaccurately claim organic food is safer, according to Kansas State University's Doug Powell. Powell, an associate professor of food safety, is the co-author of "Coverage of organic agriculture in North American newspapers: Media -- linking food safety, the environment, human health and organic agriculture," just published in the British Food Journal.


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Anouncing ceremony of VAAS's Communist party committee establishment
Outstanding Events
Notice
The IRC2010 Registration System is currently undergoing maintenance until Sunday, June 27. A note is posted at the website regarding this: www.asiacongress.com

ITEC training programme Applications of Biotechnology
TERI had organized the Training programme on ‘Application on Biotechnology and its Regulation’ in 2007, 2008 and 2009 sponsored by Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam are pleased to invite you to submit your abstract or paper to the 3rd International Rice Congress

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Farewell to Norman Borlaug, Hunger Fighter and Father of the Green Revolution

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Belgian Bilateral Scholarships 2010 - 2011

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The 19th World Congress of Soil Science will be held in Australia

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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - GlobalGrain recently announced that registration for GlobalGrain 2009, scheduled for Nov. 17-19 at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, is now open.
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Funding available for grad students and post-docs
(Five Doctoral Stipends and Three Post-Doctoral Contracts)

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CABI launches enhanced life sciences delivery platform
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USDA Borlaug Fellowship Program in Vietnam

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Announcing the Science Forum 2009
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The International Agricultural Training Centre,
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BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION
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International Symposium
on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region
October 7 to 11, 2009 in Bari – Italy
International Symposium
on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: Land Use, Management and Global Change
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Conference on Salinization
Soil salinity/sodicity/alkalinity in new perspectives

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Calling for Agri Authors
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Indonesia to begin rice exports of up to 5MLN tons to Asia
Indonesia's state-owned entity for food procurement will begin full-blown rice exports this year

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Indonesia to export rice if 2009 production target achieved
Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said Indonesia would export one million tons of rice if its national rice production target for 2009 was achieved.

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Rice research project receives grant
LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES — A project to re-engineer photosynthesis in rice, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through a global consortium of scientists,

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Ricehopper problems intensify in China
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Professor Cheng has been working on rice planthoppers since the 1970s and here he shares his analysis of the development of planthopper problems in China since the 1960s.
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Vietnam to host international rice congress
The 3rd International Rice Congress (IRC2010) will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2010, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the International Rice Research Institute.

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China Overtakes USA in Number of Biotech Publications
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Southeast Asian Nations Endorse Rice Action Plan
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Vietnam's rice export earnings up 90% in first nine months
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