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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development COLLABORATION FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CARD) 002/05 VIE Technical and economic feasibility of applying the Better Management Practices (BMP) to household aquaculture in Vietnam MS 9: Staff Competencies Report Research Institute for Aquaculture No (RIA1), Tu Son, Bac Ninh The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, NEDLANDS WA 6907 - 2008 - The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BMP Better Management Practice CARD Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development CV Curriculum Vitae CoE Centre of Extension HAU Hanoi Agriculture University PCC People Committee of Commune MoFI Ministry of Fisheries NAFIQUAVED National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate RIA1 Research Institute for Aquaculture Number UWA University of Western Australia ViFINET Vietnamese Fisheries Research and Education Organization Network LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Organizational chart of RIA1 Figure 2: Some pictures of projects’ training materials 11 Figure 3: Some pictures of training courses for extension staff and trial farms 12 Figure 4: Some pictures of training courses (group discussion) 12 Figure 5: Some pictures show team leader present the discussion results 13 Figure 6: Presentation of projects’ coordinator at ViFINET workshop 14 Figure 7: Presentation of projects’ coordinator at the young scientists workshop 14 Figure 8: Chart of projects’ organization in provinces 17 Figure 9: Some pictures of project activities in Nghe An province 20 Figure 10: Some pictures of project activities in Ha Tinh province 20 Figure 11: Some pictures of project activities in Thua Thien Hue province 21 Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia TABLE OF CONTENTS I INTRODUTION 1.1 Brief introduction 1.2 Acknowledgements 1.3 Disclaimer II COMPETENCY OF RIA1 STAFF AND PROJECTS’ VIETNAMESE EXPERTS IN BMP AND ABILITY TO TRAIN FISHERIES EXTENSION STAFF AND MOTIVATED FARMERS 2.1 The main information of Research Institute for Aquaculture Number 2.2 The key officers and experts of RIA1 participating project 2.2.1 The current status situation at the start of the project 2.2.2 Selection of project staff and experts 2.2.2.1 Selection of project managers 2.2.2.2 Selection of project shrimp culture expert 2.2.2.3 Selection of project fisheries disease expert 2.2.2.4 Selection of project aquaculture environment expert 2.2.2.5 Selection of project socioeconomic and community base management expert 2.2.2.6 Selection of guest expert on aquaculture quality management and food safety management 2.1.3 Competency of projects’ staff and experts in BMP techniques and ability to train fisheries extension staff and farmers 10 2.1.3.1 Training materials to train extension workers and trial farms 10 2.1.3.2 Training methodologies 11 2.2.4 Some other activities that improving project staff capacities 13 2.2.4.1 The short trip of project team to University of Western Australia 13 2.2.4.2 Attendant of the international workshop in aquaculture at Cantho University 14 2.2.4.3 Attendant of the young scientists workshop at RIA1 14 2.2.4.4 Supervision of bachelor and master students 15 III COMPETENCY OF PROVINCIAL EXTENSION STAFF AND ABILITY TO TRAIN SHRIMP FARMERS ON BMP 15 3.1 Selection of provincial officers and extension staff to implement project 15 3.1.1 The results of local staff selection to implement project and the organization chart of project at local level 16 3.1.1.1 Nghe An province 16 Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 3.1.1.2 Ha Tinh province 16 3.1.1.3 Thua Thien Hue province 16 3.1.1.4 Project organization chart at local level 17 3.1.2 Competency of provincial extension staff 17 3.1.2.1 Nghe An province 18 3.1.2.2 Ha Tinh province 18 3.1.2.3 Thua Thien Hue province 18 3.2 Some main results of training shrimp farmers implemented by extension staff 19 IV COMPETENCY OF DEMONSTRATION FARMS AND CONNECTION WITH SHRIMP COMMUNITIES IN LOCAL 21 4.1 The competency requirements of demonstration farms 21 4.2 Connection demonstration farms with shrimp communities 22 4.2.1 In Nghe An province: 22 4.2.1 In Ha Tinh province: 22 4.2.3 In Thua Thien Hue province: 23 V EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AQUACLUBS/ASSOCIATIONS AS A MECHANISM OF EXTENSION BEYOND TARGET SMALL HOLDERS 23 5.1 Selection of suitable shrimp aquaculture communities to develop sustainability at the project end 23 5.2 Shrimp aquaculture communities organization and project promotion to local organization 23 VI APPENDISES 25 6.1 Appendix Curriculum Vitae of some project staff 25 6.2 Appendix The outline contents of some training materials 40 6.3 Appendix Lists of farmers attended training courses 43 Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia I INTRODUTION 1.1 Brief introduction This report presents the information on competencies of Vietnamese persons or organizations who implementing the CARD 002/05 VIE project In the highest of endeavor, the authors tried to show brief and sufficient results of capacities assessment of the projects’ related parties though the collected information The parties that were assessed in this report include groups that are: i) persons or organizations at central level; ii) persons or organizations at provincial level; and iii) persons or organizations at local level The report proceeds with an analysis of central project staff and experts competencies and ability to train provincial extension staff and trial farms (Section 2), follow by an assessment of provincial project extension staff and ability to trial local shrimp farmers (Section 3), competencies of local project staff and demonstration farms and the connection to the communities (Section 4), and the effectiveness and sustainability of aqua-clubs/ associations in project locations (Section 5) The report finishes with the appendices that occupies important information of some project staff CV, outlines of training materials contents, and lists of attended farmers of training courses 1.2 Acknowledgement To complete this report, the authors received a lot of personal and organizational information from related persons and parties The authors would like to thank the projects’ staff, experts, extension workers, field staff, communes/cooperatives, shrimp communities, demonstration farms and shrimp households in the projects’ locations By many ways, direct or indirect, organizations and persons who cited in this report provided a very suitable information to contribution of report completion Once again, the authors give the acknowledgments to they all 1.3 Disclaimer The information contained in this report is based on sources believed to be reliable While this report preparation, every information has been verified in this report Therefore, RIA1 and UWA not give any prediction, assurance or warranty in relation to the accuracy of or fitness for any particular use or application of, any personal information or scientific information or other result contained in this report Neither RIA1 and UWA nor any of its employees shall be liable for any costs, claim, liability, damage, loss, injury or the like, which may be suffered or incurred as a direct or indirect results of the reliance by any person on any information contained in this report Milestone Report Staff competencies II COMPETENCY OF RIA1 STAFF AND PROJECTS’ VIETNAMESE EXPERTS IN BMP AND ABILITY TO TRAIN FISHERIES EXTENSION STAFF AND MOTIVATED FARMERS 2.1 The main information of Research Institute for Aquaculture Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 was established in 1963 Throughout its 45 years of development, RIA1 has gone through many difficulties and has emerged as an institute that plays an important role in aquaculture development in North Vietnam Currently, the RIA1 is a multifunctional institute focused on research, extension and training in aquaculture and resource protection At current time, RIA1 has 360 staff (2007) Young staff and staff who hold bachelor and high education qualification have significantly increased, making up to 53% (190 people) The number of staff with a doctorate qualification is and 11 PhD students, 34 staff have master degrees Most young staff have professional knowledge in aquaculture and related fields RAI1, currently, has departments, research centers and sub-institute The main function of institute is to carry out technological and scientific research in the field of aquaculture including genetic and seed production, aquaculture techniques, environmental management and disease prevention; resource protection and development for coastal and freshwater areas; post-harvesting technology; and technology innovation and transfer Figure 1: Organizational chart of RIA1 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 2.2 The key officers and experts of RIA1 participating project 2.2.1 The current status situation at the start of the project At the start of this BMP project, many staff and experts at RIA1 had a significant understanding of Better Management Practice theory However, there were no any similar project implemented by RIA1 Therefore, experiences in carry out and implement apply BMP into produced reality is limited Additional, BMP application to shrimp aquaculture requires a collective knowledge on culture techniques, environmental and disease monitoring, socio-economic and community base development Actually, RIA1s’ researchers are responsible for different fields In order to overcome the constraints as above, the selection of project staff who have a professional knowledge and experiences to participate project is a requirement Beside, a very important thing is to group staff which different fields to implement the project Therefore, at the start of the project, selection of appropriate staff to join project in order to carry out success and sustainable at project end 2.2.2 Selection of project staff and experts 2.2.2.1 Selection of project managers After approving of the project by CARD, Dr Le Xan, Vice Director of RIA1 was nominated as project director by Director of RIA1 Dr Le Xan has more than 30 years of experience in marine and brackish water aquaculture and many years experience in project management Thus, the project director who is direct management and operation of this project had a professional knowledge on shrimp aquaculture and project management skills This is a first advantageous of the project Mr Nguyen Xuan Suc was nominated as the project coordinator Mr Suc has a ten years experience in project implementation or project management that related to rural development (please see attach of CV for more details) 2.2.2.2 Selection of project shrimp culture expert Shrimp culture expert who was responsible for project implement of shrimp culture techniques and related activities The culture expert has also responsibly to draft culture techniques document and to train, to transfer shrimp culture knowledge to extension staff and farmers through training courses and workshops that held during project implementation In addition, the culture expert has an important mission to propose, to solve problems, constrains of culture techniques for shrimp farmers during crops To Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia meet the above requirements, Dr Nguyen Van Quyen, from Marine National Broodstock Center, was nominated as shrimp culture expert of project Dr Nguyen Van Quyen has more than 30 years experience in marine and brackish water aquaculture Of which, brackish water aquaculture is the professional experience of Dr Quyen Dr Quyen had successfully implemented a number of project that related to shrimp aquaculture techniques of different shrimp species such as P monodon, P japonicus, M ensis, P orentalis and he is an expert in shrimp seed production in North Vietnam (for more detail please see attach of CV) 2.2.2.3 Selection of project fisheries disease expert Fisheries disease expert who help project team to monitor and solve problems that related to shrimp disease during shrimp crops Fisheries disease expert has responsible to provide knowledge on shrimp diseases and disease management to extension staff and farmers through training courses Disease expert provide methods and labs to check shrimp seed before stocking due to free of diseases seed for farmers in the project locations In addition, disease expert has responsibility to monitor the shrimp health during crops in order to limit the damage for shrimp farmers in the project areas Satisfaction of requirement, Dr Le Van Khoa, from Center for Environment and Disease Monitoring in Aquaculture, was nominated as fisheries expert of project Dr Le Van Khoa has more than 10 years experience research on fisheries disease and disease in aquaculture (for more detail please see attach of CV) 2.2.2.4 Selection of project aquaculture environment expert Environmental management in aquaculture, specially in shrimp culture is an important role to results of production of shrimp farmers Environment expert of project requires a person who has a professional knowledge in water environment management Concurrently, environment expert need to has abilities, skills to transfer and guide extension staff and demonstration farms monitoring and testing the environmental indicators during shrimp culture crops Additional, environment expert was responsible to draft environment management documents and train extension staff and farmers on environment monitoring and testing through training courses and workshops To meet those, Mr Mai Van Ha, from Center for Environment and Disease Monitoring in Aquaculture, was selected as environment expert of project Mr Ha has around 10 years of experience in study and implement environment and related issues Mr Ha was also managed or participated many projects that related to rural development (for more details please see attach of CV) Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 2.2.2.5 Selection of project socioeconomic and community base management expert Small-scale shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam is a community base operation In this operation, many resources is shared among shrimp farms in community such as water resource, environment issues Small-scale shrimp aquaculture is also required associating individual farm into group in order to reduce constraints and bring into play advantages for example shrimp disease risk limiting, general environmental management, market chain linkage and so on Therefore, the socioeconomic and community base management expert play an important role to connect closely among producers and between shrimp communities and others related partners such as local authorities, research units, extension units, and enterprises that supply for and consume of products On the other hand, socioeconomic and community base management expert has a responsible to draft documents and transfer related knowledge to extension workers and shrimp farmers through training courses and workshop Mr Dinh Van Thanh, from Center for Fisheries Technology Transfer, Application and Design Consultancy, who meet requirement, was selected as socioeconomic and community base expert of project Mr Thanh has more than 30 years experience in aquaculture and in the lately 15 years, the main his studies related to socioeconomic and community development Mr Thanh had managed or participated a number of national and international projects on rural development (for more detail please see the attach of CV) 2.2.2.6 Selection of guest expert on aquaculture quality management and food safety management One of the projects’ objective is to improve capacity on aquaculture quality management and food safety for shrimp aquaculture producers To achieve this, project has been cooperated with NAFIQUAVED branch to implement this content The responsibility of this partner is to provide an expert to help project organizing and training local staff and farmers on aquaculture quality and food safety management in both producing and processing products NAFIQUAVED is also responsible to check the shrimp quality products annually of projects’ areas during project life As the results, Mr Vu Van In was nominated as projects’ food safety expert Mr In has more than 10 years working experience on aquaculture quality management and food safety management In addition, Mr In organized and directly trained of many courses of this field for processors, culture producers and fisheries officers Milestone Report Staff competencies The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 2.1.3 Competency of projects’ staff and experts in BMP techniques and ability to train fisheries extension staff and farmers 2.1.3.1 Training materials to train extension workers and trial farms At the start stage of project, before beginning of 2007 crop, the BMP protocol was documented by project management team and Vietnamese expert team Then, a meeting among RIA1 project staff, local fisheries officers, extension staff and trial farms was organized in order to discuss and get comments from local staff to improve quality of the BMP protocol and make it corresponding with project location conditions Base on the guidelines in the BMP protocol, the training material was developed in specific field by project expert After that, those training materials was checked, repaired and completed by project management team and the author before training extension staff and demonstration farm in project provinces though training courses As the results, the training materials prepared as following: • Major disease of P monodon in Vietnam, prepared by Dr Le Van Khoa, • Environment management in aquaculture, prepared by Mr Mai Van Ha and Mr Nguyen Duc Binh, • Community base management methods in aquaculture, prepared by Mr Nguyen Xuan Suc and Mr Dinh Van Thanh, • Semi-intensive and improved extensive shrimp aquaculture techniques, prepared by Dr Nguyen Van Quyen, and • Aquaculture products quality management, prepared by Mr Vu Van In (from NAFIQUAVED Branch 1) In addition, a very important prepared material is shrimp culture diary using by demonstration farms to record all input and output data of shrimp operation activities during crops This document was prepared by project team and expert team with comments from local staff and farmers Milestone Report Staff competencies 10 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 1997-2000: Project manager of research the technical process of closing system for P monodon species culturing, funded by Vietnamese Government 1994-1996: Project participant of research the technical process of semi-intensive and improved extensive of P orientalis Kishinouye 1918 species, funded by Vietnamese Government 1990-1994: Project participant of research the experiment of P monodon culturing in North Provinces, funded by Vietnamese Government 1976-1978: Project participant of research the biological characteristics and culturing of Brachionus plicatilis in brackish water pond as shrimp feed, funded by Vietnamese Government 1975-1985: Project participant of research the seed production of some seawater shrimp species, funded by Vietnamese Government AWARDS - National award on science and technology (2000) - Scholarship to short training course (12 months) on Fisheries and Aquaculture technology in Belgium I certify that my statements made above are correct and complete to the best of my knowledge Date: September 15, 2008 Nguyen Van Quyen Milestone Report Staff competencies 37 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Office : DINH VAN THANH Research Institute for Aquaculture No1 (RIA1) Address: Dinh Bang, Tu Son, Bac Ninh Tel: 043-8780407 Fax: 043-8273149 E-mail: thanhria1@yahoo.com Education 1995- 1996: MSc “Comparison of Traditional and Improved VAC Systems in the Red River Delta, Vietnam” 1971- 1975 BSc Hanoi University Language Proficiency Read Write Speak English Good Good Good Vietnamese (Mother tongue) Employment Record Position held From 2006 to present Head of Fishery Engineering & Transfer of Technology Dept Responsibilities Vietnamese team leader In collaboration with University of Western Australia (UWA) on Market chain analysis of fish trading in northern Viet Nam funded by ACIAR Socio-economic specialist for project Livelihoods Diversification and Enterprise Development (LDED) subprogram of the Livelihoods Support Program (GCP/INT/803/UK— LSP) funded by FAO under its mini-grant scheme From 2001-2005 Acting Head of SocioEconomic and Extension Dept Manage the Socio-economic and aquaculture extension activities of the Department Develop strategy aquaculture development plan at provincial level In co-operation with DFID on livelihood analysis Socio- economic expert for projects VIE/98/009/01/NEX in Northern upland funded by UNDP From 1997- 2000 Head of Socio-economic Unit Manage Socio-economic survey in RIA No1 on aquaculture in northern of Vietnam belong to RIA1 projects funded by government Socio- economic expert for project VIE/96/007 in Quang Binh province funded by UNDP From 1995 - 1996 Milestone Report Staff competencies 38 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia Post- graduated student in Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand From 1985 - 1995 From 1976 - 1985 Assistant researcher on Genetic Selection Department, at RIA Training course on Fish Genetic in Czech, 1991 Assistant researcher on artificial fish breeding 7- Detailed tasks work undertaken that best illustrates assigned capability to handle the tasks assigned 2008: Develop fishery development plan in Dien Bien province 2007: Conducted survey and reporting for Livelihoods Diversification and Enterprise Development project (LDED) in Thua Thien Hue province 2006: Conducted survey and reporting for Market chain analysis of fish trading in Thais Nguyen and Yen Bai provinces 2001-2002: National expert on Socio-economic of UNDP/ VIE98/009/01/NEX project for aquaculture development in the upland areas of Vietnam 2001: Working with DFID on livelihood analysis and planning support in Thai Nguyen, Quang Tri and Long An provinces 1999: Presentation the present status of integrated rice-fish farming in Hien Khanh commune, Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh province on the second interim review meeting of the project “Sustaining and increasing the productivity of rice-fish in the seasonal flooded ecosystem of South and Southeast Asia” in Hanoi, Viet Nam (13-15 October 1999) 1997-1998: National expert on Socio-economic of the Agricultural resources conservation and development project in Quang Binh province 1985-1995 Assistant researcher on Hybrid common carp Selection 1976-1985 Assistant researcher on artificial breeding of some fish species such as grass carp, Indian carp, silver carp… Date: 25 October , 2008 Signature: Dinh Van Thanh Milestone Report Staff competencies 39 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 6.2 Appendix The outline contents of some training materials Notice: The fully training aid materials were submitted to CARD as MS6 report In this appendix, we present the table of contents of some materials only Environment training material contents INTRODUCTION ENVIRONEMNT MANAGEMENT IN POND AQUACULTURE 1.1 Why environment management 1.1 What influences water quality 1.2 Environment management of culture area and ponds ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS 2.1 Culture area and water depth 2.2 Water temperature 2.3 Water transparency 2.4 Water color 2.5 pH 2.6 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) 2.7 Salinity 2.8 Alkalinity 2.9 Biologically decomposable matter (measured as COD and BOD) 2.10 Ammonium (NH4+) 2.11 Phosphorus PO4 2.12 Ammonia (NH3) 2.13 Nitrite (NO2) and Nitrate (NO3) 2.14 Hydrosulfide (H2S) 2.15 Iron ( Fe2+, Fe3+ ) MEDTHODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS 3.1 Methods of water quality analysis and measurement 3.2 Environmental standard/norm in aquaculture SAMPLING STRATEGY AND PRESERVATION METHOD 4.1 Critical rules of sampling method 4.2 Sampling procedure EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS TO SHRIMP HEALTH 5.1 Weather and climate condition 5.2 Pond characteristic 5.3 Effects of weather condition on environment of shrimp ponds ATTENTIONS ON SHRIMP CULTURE MANAGEMENT 6.1 Geographical location and environment 6.2 Culture management POND PREPARATION 7.1 Lime utilization 7.2 Use of algaecide 7.3 Treatment of in-pond produced substances 7.4 Disinfection 7.5 Removal of Plankton and benthic organism 7.6 Water color induction fertilization REFERENCES Milestone Report Staff competencies 40 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia Disease training material contents Monodon Baculovirus diseases 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Distribution and season White Spot Disease Syndrome 2.1 Appearances 2.2 Distribution and Season 2.3 Prevention and treatment Yellow Head Disease 3.1 Appearances 3.2 Distribution and season 3.3 Prevention and treatment Vibriosis 4.1 Appearance 4.2 Distribution and season 4.3 Prevention and treatment Cotton shrimp disease 5.1 Appearances 5.2 Distribution and season 5.3 Prevention and treatment Gregarines Disease 6.1 Appearances 6.2 Distribution and season Parasite Disease 7.2 Distribution and season 7.3 Prevention and treatment Products quality management training material contents Part Quality and quality management 1.1 Components of quality 1.1.1 Relevant parties 1.1.2 Combined activities in the orientation and control of quality of a organization 1.2 Current Quality management 1.3 New approach in quality management 1.3.1 Quality requirement with WTO 1.3.2 Quality management following the whole production chain 1.4 Responsible aquaculture Part Food safety hazards 2.1 Hazard definition 2.2 Physical hazard 2.2.1 Source of physical hazards 2.2.2 Effect of physical hazards 2.3 Chemical hazard 2.3.1 Chemical occur in specific species 2.3.2 Chemical from the environment 2.3.3 Chemical occur during storage 2.4 Biological hazard 2.4.1 Bacteria 2.4.2 Parasites 2.4.3 Virus 2.5 Overview of hazards following the production chain Part Post mortal Quality changes 3.1 Cause of quality changes Milestone Report Staff competencies 41 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 3.1.1Enzyme-caused quality changes 3.1.2 Proteinase 3.1.2 Fat oxidize 3.1.3 Bacteria caused changes 3.2 Quantity of bacteria on the live fish 3.2.1 Contamination of bacteria 3.2.2 Substances generated by bacteria 3.2.3 Histamine formation 3.3 Post mortal quality changes 3.3.1 Sensory changes 3.3.2 Changes in taste and odour 3.4 Physical influencing factors 3.4.1 Shelf-life of fish at different temperature 3.4.2 Influence of Temperature and time on quality changes Part Guidelines on handling of fishery materials after harvesting 4.1 Current harvest methods 4.2 Measures for fishery storage 4.2.1 Storage in cool air circulation 4.2.2 Direct contact with ice without drainage 4.2.3 Direct contact with ice with drainage 4.2.3 Direct contact with ice 4.2.5 comments of storage measures 4.3 Means of fish transportation 4.4 Techniques in handling, storage, transportation of fishery materials 4.5 Cause of quality changes 4.6 Improper measures of handling storage, transportation 4.6.1 High temperature and sunlight promotes the quality deterioration 4.6.2 Time of handling storage prolonged Record book material contents Part 1: POND AND SEED DATA 1.1 Pond data 1.2 Pond preparation 1.3 Shrimp seed Part II: DAILY DATA DURING CULTURE SEASON 2.1 Daily shrimp feed data in the pond 2.2 Daily environmental data in the pond 2.3 Monitoring of growth rate and some environmental indicators (weekly) Part 3: PRODUCTION COST AND RETURN DATA 3.1 Production cost 3.2 Production return Part 4: Food conversion rate (FCR) Part 5: Growth rate Part 6: Survival rate Part 7: Average size (tiger shrimp) Part 8: Financial accounting Milestone Report Staff competencies 42 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 The University of Western Australia 6.3 Appendix Lists of farmers attended training courses Milestone Report Staff competencies 43 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 Milestone Report The University of Western Australia Staff competencies 44 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 Milestone Report The University of Western Australia Staff competencies 45 The Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 Milestone Report The University of Western Australia Staff competencies 46 The Research 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From Mid 199 9 to December 2002: Assistant of Project Manager of the ACIAR funded project "Development of integrated aquaculture in the highland region of Vinhphuc province, Northern Vietnam" PUBLISHED... projects VIE /98 /0 09/ 01/NEX in Northern upland funded by UNDP From 199 7- 2000 Head of Socio -economic Unit Manage Socio -economic survey in RIA No1 on aquaculture in northern of Vietnam belong to RIA1... rice-fish farming in Hien Khanh commune, Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh province on the second interim review meeting of the project “Sustaining and increasing the productivity of rice-fish in the