NGUYEN PHAM HONG LIEN
Assistant Professor
Majors: Organic Wastes Recycling, Water andWastewater Treatment Technology, Contaminationof Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Email: nguyenphamhonglien@yahoo.com

HIDENORI HARADAAssistant Professor
Majors: Sanitation Strategy Study, Resources-oriented
Sanitation Technology, Phosphorus Recovery Study,
Environmental System Analysis
Email: h.harada@globeenv.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp

THI HOAINGUYEN HAI
HA THU
Program Assistant
Email: haihanguyen81@yahoo.com
thu.nguyenthihoai@gmail.com

NGUYEN THI
HAI HOAIHA THU
Program Assistant
Email: thu.nguyenthihoai@gmail.com
haihanguyen81@yahoo.com

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THINK GLOBALLY,ACT IN VIETNAM

GREETINGS

Prof. Shigeo Fujii
GSGES, Kyoto University

Assoc.Prof. Huynh Trung Hai
INEST, Hanoi University of Technology

EDUCATION
Kyoto University’s new big projects, EML and HSE are pursuing international research and education activities in the field of environmental studies. We consider Vietnam is one of the most important countries to implement these activities. Fortunately, we have established good relationshipon research and education collaboration with Hanoi University of Technology, and have launched
the KU – HUT research and education program for environmental studies. We expect this program
to promote research projects in Vietnam, to increase student exchange between both countries, tostimulate formation of many collaboration works, and to contribute other activities beneficial toboth countries. I believe the successes of this program may contribute not only to both countries
of Vietnam and Japan, but also to the world in the field of environmental studies.

Hanoi is an ideal place to learn typical urban and sub-urban environmental issues in developing countries such as basic sanitation,
wastewater treatment, solid wastes management, water and air quality conservation. Our program provides opportunities oflong-term and short-term internship (GCOE-HSE and EML) for students from Japan, and EML short-term courses for ones in Vietnam, andthesis researches etc.
In addition, the program is an contact point of students, who want to study in Kyoto University. In FY2009, we supported students
to join the three programs: the JENESYS student exchange program (one-year study in Kyoto University), the doctoral course of theKyoto University GCOE-HSE and EML program, and the master course of the Kyoto University EML program.

In the rapid progress of industrialization and modernization, Vietnam has been facing a lot ofenvironmental problems that need to be solved towards sustainable development. Therefore, it isrequired to develop human resource in the field of environmental management as well as in thefield of human security engineering. Regional and global integration is a challenge but is an opportunity for our country and especially for Institute for Environmental Science and Technology –Hanoi University of Technology to promote scientific research and education as well as to develop
human resource. By cooperation with international partners, particularly with Kyoto University, I
strongly believe that fruitful information and experience exchange in these fields could beobtained; our staff ability could be improved; as well as environmental related activities that issuitable for Vietnamese condition will be promoted.

ABOUT HANOI, VIETNAMRESEARCHES

Hanoi - a city located on the right bank of the Red River - has been the capital of Vietnam since nearly 1000 years. It is the important
political, administrative centre and one of the largest cultural, scientific, educational, economic and international trade centre ofVietnam. In 2008, Hanoi is extended to become a larger city with the total area of 3,344.7 km2 and the new population of 6,2 million.
Hanoi is developing rapidly but also facing many environmental problems related to water pollution, air pollution and solid wastemanagement. It is, therefore, a typical developing city for urban environmental study.

The program provides various opportunities of environmental studies, especially around Hanoi area, such as environmental field works
and experimental studies in our laboratory etc. The followings are on-going research examples. We welcome your joint-researcheswith our program!
Sanitation strategy study for Asian cities
Sanitation, here focusing on excreta and sewage management, is a common challenge in many Asian cities.
We are conducting the following sanitation studies around the Hanoi area: 1) methodology development for
the understanding of sanitation management constraints and the evaluation of alternatives (SaniCon-Asiaproject), 2) material cycle study (P, N, C) with consideration of urbanization effects, and 3) study of resourcesoriented excreta management including urine-diversion practices.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM
The program is a platform for the development of joint
researches and education in the domain of environmental
and related studies between Japan and Vietnam.
• December 2008: Establishment of the program• September 2009: General Memorandum for Academic
Cooperation and Exchange between Kyoto university
and Hanoi University of Technology

Anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Hanoi
Most of MSW in Hanoi is disposed by direct land-filling although it contains 40-60% of biodegradable mattersthat can be treated by anaerobic digestion for resource recovery. With anaerobic digestion, organic wastes canbe stabilized at a reasonable cost while generating biogas - a source of energy. Our study aims to find out thebiogas potential of the waste and to establish a simple and low-cost anaerobic digestion process to treat them.

PROJECTSOTHER ACTIVITIESThe Kyoto University Global Core Center of Excellence Program:“Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security
Engineering for Asian Megacities” - GCOE - HSE

Environmental Management Leader Project :“Kyoto University International Center for Human Resources
Development in Environmental Management”- EML Project••••

aims at establishing a new discipline “urban humansecurity engineering” and create a network of overseas
bases for research and education in Asian-wide scale tofoster next generation researchers and high-level practitioners.
funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology-Japan (MEXT) <2008-2013>
GCOE HP: http://hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html••

aims at fostering environmental management leaders in•
Asian countries, providing multi-disciplinary course workin environmental management, long-term internship,term project, and thesis research.
funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology-Japan (MEXT) <2008-2013>
EMLHP:http://www.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
cyp/modules/jst/english/

Student Interview
HUT, Dec. 2008

Exhibition in Sakura Festival,
Hanoi, Apr. 2009

Japan Study Workshop
HUT, Sep. 2009

Research Workshop
INEST, Nov. 2009