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The Undergraduate Environment Research Project in Vietnam

Since 2002, the Vietnam project has sent a team of 12 students from RMIT’s environmental degrees to work on a relevant environment project in Ho Chi Minh City.

The students are selected through a competitive process and are drawn from the following programs, and form the nucleus of a small multidisciplinary environmental consultancy:

Working in consultation with architects, site engineers and industry specialists, you will investigate development issues in and around the city. Practical involvement in an international project gives you an understanding of professional interaction in a cross-cultural context, an appreciation of working within an interdisciplinary team, and a general initiation into a skilled working environment. You will learn to liaise with professionals representing various fields, and the importance of teamwork skills.


Past research topics

2011

  • Investigation into the Solid Waste Management System in Ho Chi Minh City
    • Ross Bartel, Rebecca Cameron, Pryia Crawford-Wilson, Sophie Eller, Edward Grinter, Michael King, Heath Maconachie, Rodolfo Maia, Katrina Mattingley, Molly O'Brien, Kelly Ross, Liang Jie (Jack) Ser

2010

  • The Clean Development Mechanism in Ho Chi Minh City: Issues, Limitations and Opportunities in the Context of Sustainable Urban Development
    • Kate Berg, Nicole Coffey, John Cooper, Grace Davis-Williams, Benjamin Grasso, Bridie Kean, Chloe Knowles, Greg Ross, Trevor Saunders, Eunjee Vella, Megan Ward and Alesha Younghusband

2009

  • Directions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation: Implications of Flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
    • Stewart Dick, Nicholas Dircks, Duncan Fitzpatrick, Joshua Greaves, Warwick Kurth, Carl Larsen, Ana Maria Martins, Leigh Mullenger, Kieran Power, Matthew Reid, Elizabeth Smolinska, Jessie Spence

2008

  • Key environmental and social considerations associated with urban development in a low-lying, flood prone environment on the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
    • Chirgwin, R, Durrant, C, Findley, C, Grandison, C, Hoang, C, Jenkin, A, Kyne, D, Meich, S, Muir, S, Stevenson, S, Stottelaar, R, and Sutherland, R.

2007

  • Surface water pollution in Hanoi – an investigation into water resources management in the Hanoi region
    • Allan, N.,Barber, A., Carne, S., Davies, S., Gillespie, M., Henderson, L.,Hockey, M., Lyons, B., McMahon, L., McLucas, V., Paisley, Z., and Sibly, L., (2007) An Analysis of Water Resources Management in Ha Noi,, Vietnam, unpublished report (Melbourne, School of Applied Science and School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

2006

  • An investigation into the current and proposed solid waste management strategies in Ho Chi Minh City in a collaboration with the local Department of Natural Resources and Environment
    • Alivanoglou, V, Clowes, S.,Courtenay, A., Dimech, D.,Foot, N., Grillakis, V., Hargreaves, L., McAleer, S., Maeda, R., Moussa, T., Rees, P. and Robinson, J. (2006) Municipal Solid Waste Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, unpublished report (Melbourne, School of Applied Science and School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

2005

  • The construction of a guide to the implementation of an environmental management system for the RMIT South Saigon campus
    • Report: Andrews, C., Banks, F., Crome, C., Gibson, T., Harper, T., Helm, L., Mannix, P., Sandery, A., Separovic, L., Sirotic, J., Tarca, V. and White, A. (2005) A Guide to Implementing an Environmental Management System for RMIT University Vietnam, unpublished report (Melbourne, School of Applied Science and School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

2004

  • An investigation into strategies for the treatment on-site of biodegradable waste streams, sustainable water use including on-site water harvesting and a proposal for an environmental management system for the new campus
    • Report: Barbakos, J., Burgess, M., Drowley, S., Hansen, D., Hayden, M., Holmes, M., McConnon, R., Orr, K., Riley , C., Stork, D., Tunaley . J. and Veale, K. (2004) RMIT Environment Student Project Vietnam 2004, unpublished report (Melbourne, School of Applied Science and School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

2003

  • An investigation into the environment goods and services sector in Vietnam in order to evaluate the capacity of local Vietnamese organisations to educate the workforce required and to identify education and training opportunities for RMIT University Vietnam
    • Report: Johnston, A., Spry, H., Cullum, A., Kim, L., Butler, K., March, I., Wilson, A., and Dawson, M. (2003) RMIT Undergraduate Environment Research Project Report, unpublished report, (Melbourne, Department of Applied Chemistry and School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

2002

  • Strategies for the management of solid waste-streams and water (waste-water and stormwater) on-site and how these management strategies can be incorporated into the development of a sustainable facility which will provide environmental, economic, educational and social benefits to the people of the region.

Report: Brewin, E., Halloran, A., Tra Ha, A., Trefz, R., Gunston, R., Peska, C., Beale, D., and Slade, J. (2002) RMIT Saigon South Campus Development 2002 Undergraduate Environment Research Project, unpublished report (Melbourne, Department of Applied Chemistry and School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University).

Further information and contacts

For electronic copies of the reports and more information about the Vietnam Undergraduate Research Project, please contact either: