MA in International Development Practice (MIDP) student, Dinh Anh Duy Nguyen (Duy) attended the signing of the bilateral MoU between the Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Ireland. Duy (third from the right) acted as Vietnamese translator for Viet Nam’s Rural Development and Agriculture, Minister Le Minh Hoan (5th from the left) in his exchanges with  Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue.

Duy is enrolled in the MIDP as part of the Ireland Vietnam Agrifood Partnership (IVAP) programme, which has been established by Sustainable Food Systems Ireland (SFSI) and funded by the Embassy of Ireland. Duy and the Viet Nam Delegation also visited Airfield Estate, a 38 acre working agri-sustainability farm.

Press release for earlier signing of partnership: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/2c1c3-minister-of-state-heydon-signs-agri-food-cooperation-agreement-with-vietnamese-ministry/