Week 10: Leslie Do

Leslie Do
ASA 189F, Dr. Valverde
5th March 2016

The Two Pillars of Viet Nam's National Image of Sustainable Development

In order to develop its potential nation aesthetic of sustainable national development, Viet Nam can implement various environmental policies in agricultural production, which includes collaborative efforts between the national government, industries, and people of Viet Nam. For instance, Viet Nam's is currently developing policies and industrial plans that reduce its greenhouse gas emission through adopting low carbon development plans, because the country's GHE rate is growing faster each year than countries that have high emission rates per capita -- such as China and Thailand (Lam, 68--70, 2016.) Fortunately, since Viet Nam advanced from its economic status of "poor" to "middle poor," the nation can also lower its GHE   by utilizing its "financial resources, technology, and capacity building from developed countries" (Lam, 67, 2016.) Additionally, overall trends in governmental policy indicate that Viet Nam is moving towards a green economy, because from from 2006 to 2010, the Government of Viet Nam has also ratified policies such as the National Strategy for Environmental Protection, the National Target Program for Energy Saving and Efficiency, the National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change (Lam, 68-69, 2016.) In terms of industrial contributions to decrease carbon blueprints and water usage, Viet Nam could also decrease the amount of water in its coffee production to support it's potential national image of sustainable national development (Amarasinghe, 96, 2015.) For instance, the national government could provide subsidies for coffee farmers to irrigate their crops starting in January, because the delay in irrigation will "break the dormancy of flower buds and intiate cherry development." This technique saves a month's worth of water, which can be used to nourish other crops or to increase coffee production (Amarasinghe, 100, 2015.) 

Sustainable vegetable farming system in Northwestern Vietnam - VTC10 Netviet - Sharing Vietnam

Questions

How can Vietnamese Americans environmental science post-doctorates (who were born in the US and receive their PhD at an American university) contribute to Viet Nam's GHE reduction projects and coffee production research literature while living overseas?

How can exporting more Vietnamese indigenous crops in the international market bring more recognition to Vietnam's national image of sustainable development?

Bibliography

Amarasinghe, Upali A., et al. "Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-100.
Lam, Nguyen Tung. "Potential of Low-Carbon Development in Vietnam, from Practices to Legal Framework." Enabling Asia to Stabilise the Climate. Springer Singapore, 2016. 67-69.