Welcome the Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam

On HUAF's side, there was Prof.Dr. Tran Dang Hoa - Chairman of HUAF Council, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Thanh Duc - Rector, Prof.Dr. Le Dinh Phung - Vice Rector, Assoc.Prof.Dr.  Nguyen Huu Van - Vice Rector, Dr. Pham Huu Ty – Head of Department of Science and, International Cooperation, Dr. Truong Quang Hoang - Director of the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam and HUAF staff.
 

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Thanh Duc - HUAF's Rector expressed the affection at welcoming mbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of Canada to Vietnam, and the delegation
 

The delegation of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam included: Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Shawn Steil, Ms. Leigh McCumber - Political and Cultural Information Counselor; Ms. Vu Tuyet Trang - Communications Officer. This was Mr. Shawn Steil's first visit as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Vietnam to HUAF.

Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Shawn Steil and the Delegates
 

At the meeting, on behalf of HUAF, Associate Professor, PhD. Tran Thanh Duc, sent a warm welcome to the Ambassador and the delegation and informed about some important activities of HUAF in recent times, especially emphasizing the cooperation activities between HUAF and partners from Canada.

The two sides gave souvenirs to each other...
 

 

Mr. Shawn Steil expressed his thanks for HUAF's warm welcome. The Ambassador highly appreciated the results that (CRD) had achieved in previous projects funded by the Canadian Government. Currently, CRD is implementing the project SOGIE on prevention of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province sponsored by the Canadian Embassy through Canada Foundation for Local Initiatives.

... and took group photos

 

After the meeting with HUAF leaders, the Canadian Ambassador and the delegation continued to work with CRD on the contents of the SOGIE project.