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<\/p>\nThe opening ceremony of the Analysis R&E Center, newly established at the Hoa Lac campus of Vietnam National University (VNU) under the JST\/JICA SATREPS project \u201cDevelopment of Easy-operation High-tech Analytical Devices and Human Resource for Food Safety and Environmental Quality Control\u201d (hereinafter \u201cthe Project\u201d), for which Professor MAWATARI Kaszuma of Waseda University\u2019s Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems (IPS) serves as Principal Investigator (PI), was held on November 18, 2025.<\/p>\n
The event was attended by more than 160 participants, including H.E. Mr. ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam, and Prof. Hoang Minh Son, President of Vietnam National University (VNU),\u00a0 as well as representatives from government agencies, industries, and academic institutions. The ceremony featured a tour of the new facilities and an introduction to the SATREPS project.<\/p>\n
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Vietnam faces increasingly serious water and air pollution, particularly caused by small-scale manufacturing industries, as a consequence of rapid industrial growth and urbanization. Meanwhile, analytical technologies, skilled personnel, and data analysis infrastructures\u2014all essential for understanding actual pollution conditions\u2014are still in the process of development.<\/p>\n
In response, the Project promotes comprehensive and implementation-oriented initiatives through collaboration between academic institutions, governmental bodies, and industry sectors in Japan and Vietnam, including:<\/p>\n
Development of on-site, rapid-measurement heavy metal monitoring devices<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Advancement of water and air monitoring stations<\/strong> deployed nationwide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Establishment of a certification program for environmental monitoring officers<\/strong> of government agencies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Development of a data science platform<\/strong> enabling integration and analysis of environmental data<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n At the center of this integrated approach lies the newly established Analysis R&E Center.<\/p>\n The Analysis R&E Center comprises approximately 1,000 m\u00b2<\/strong> of research space and is designed as Vietnam\u2019s first integrated hub for environmental monitoring, combining three core functions: research and development, education, and data analysis.<\/p>\n 1. R&D Hub for Advanced Analytical Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n The Center conducts R&D and proof-of-concept studies on advanced, field-deployable analytical technologies such as:<\/p>\n Heavy metal analysis devices based on microfluidic technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Drone-based remote water sampling<\/strong> techniques<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Low-cost air sensing (LCS)<\/strong> devices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2. Training Hub for Environmental Analysis Personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n The Center offers systematic training programs for government analysts and graduate students, covering water and air analysis, heavy metal detection, and data analysis. 3. Environmental Data Science Hub<\/strong><\/p>\n The Center integrates data obtained from nationwide monitoring stations with new datasets generated through Project-developed devices. It conducts analyses that contribute to evidence-based environmental policy-making, including source apportionment and the development of pollutant dispersion models.<\/p>\n Japan:<\/strong> Waseda University (Project Lead), The University of Tokyo, HORIBA, Ltd., and Toa DKK Corporation The opening ceremony was covered by multiple newspapers and media outlets across Vietnam. \u3010Local Media Coverage (External Links)\u3011<\/strong> Scene from the ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/p><\/div>\n Official Project Website<\/a><\/strong> The opening ceremony of the Analysis R&E Center, newly established at the Hoa Lac campus of Vietnam Nation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[94,123],"class_list":["post-32675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-general-en","tag-press-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34572,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions\/34572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Analysis R&E Center: A Core Research Hub for Environmental Monitoring in Vietnam<\/h3>\n
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With the capacity to train approximately 200 personnel annually, the Center functions as a national hub for developing environmental engineers and specialists in Vietnam.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e4d0ddb51c7e88603ab2efd2cf72f88e-940x625.jpg\")
<\/p>\nParticipating Institutions<\/h3>\n
Vietnam:<\/strong> Vietnam National University (VNU), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), Bac Ninh Provincial Department, NCEM, and others<\/p>\nOpening Ceremony Widely Reported by Major Vietnamese Media<\/h3>\n
Please refer to the links below for local media reports:<\/p>\n
\nVietnam Government Online Newspaper<\/a><\/strong>
\nVietnam National University (VNU) Official Website \u2013 Ceremony Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/gips\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ef26433373115d5b5fa9888d4c86ab09-940x625.jpg\")
Related Information<\/h3>\n
\nJST “Development of Easy-operation High-tech Analytical Devices and Human Resource for Food Safety and Environmental Quality Control”<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"