The sixth committee members of CSA-GWANGJU

The selection of the sixth committee members of CSA-GWANGJU was held on the 27^th of October, 2012. As a result, Mr. Nguon Sovannarith was elected as President, followed by Mr. Neung Saophuong as Vice President. Concurrently, Mr. Yen Sophearith was selected as a General Secretary of CSA-GWANGJU by Mr. President.

Three of our alumni are appointed as Associate Professor

We would like to share a great pleasure with our three alumni who have been appointed as Associate Professor at the Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Dr. Chhay Kongkea has received his Doctoral degree from the Department of Agricultural Economics at CNU in August 2006; Dr. Mao Sopheareth has received his Doctoral degree from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at CNU in August 2007; and Dr. Huon Thavrak has received his Doctoral degree from the Department of Biotechnology at CNU in February 2011. After their return, they have been working actively and collaboratively with any relevant bodies to develop human resources and improve the agricultural practices in Cambodia.

In this great honorable circumstance, we would like to wish three of you to always stay in good health and succeed in all projects in order to continue contributing to the development and improvement of agricultural field in Cambodia.

Mr. Lina Hem starts his professional career at Dongbu Company, Daejon

We would like to express our great pleasure with Mr. Lina Hem, Ph.D candidate, in the Department of Agriculture Chemistry, Agriculture College, CNU for starting his professional career as a Researcher (one-year contract) in the Plants Protection Team at Dongbu Company, Daejon, Republic of Korea. 

Lina received his Master Degree from the Department of Agriculture Chemistry in February 2009, after which he has been pursuing his Doctoral Degree at the same School. His research interest is the analysis of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables. During his academic training, he has worked very hard and produced a lot of achievements in his field. He deserves to be rewarded this job.

Khmer New Year Party

In order to celebrate our Traditional Khmer New Year (the year of Golden Dragon), Cambodian Student Association in Gwangju (CSA-GWANGJU) organized a celebration party on the 14^th of April, 2012. We prepared a variety of foods and drinks for all of our participants. We did enjoy grilling pork, seafood and duck meat in a garden at the Agriculture College of CNU. In this great occasion, Mr. Yong Kwang Lee, a President of Bioprotec Co Ltd was also presented. We would like to thank Mr. Veasna for his kind assistance in preparing all foodstuffs and Mr. Donang for his kind financial support for our drinks.

Cambodian intern student at GIST

GIST has accepted two Cambodian students from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia as the intern students in this 2012 spring semester. Mr. Piseth was affiliated in the School of Environmental Science and Engineering whereas Mr. Visot was affiliated in the School of Material Science and Engineering. Both of them will spend about 3 months to conduct their researches for their Bachelor’s theses.