Activities

Hanoi, March 2024

– International Mini-Workshop on the role of skull morphology in small mammal
– Seminar on Amphibian Diversity in Vietnam and Vietnam – Japan collaborations

Vientiane, March 2024

Vertebrate diversity research in Lao PDR meeting and Workshop on the vertebrate species identificaiton

Vientiane, March 2024

Specimens preparation and examination in FES

Prof. Masaharu Motokawa (Project Investigator), Dr. Bui Tuan Hai (Project Member), and two project assistants (Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngan and Mr. Vu Kim Luong) spent 6 days preparing and examining specimens collected since the last field survey in Phou Den Din NPA in November–December 2023

Hanoi, March 2024

Specimens and Discussion

Prof. Masaharu Motokawa, Dr. Bui Tuan Hai, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngan and Mr. Vu Kim Luong have prepared skull samples from the 2023 field survey at Leng Su Sin, Muong Nhe Nature Reserve, Dien Bien Province, for further research

Additionally, during the introduction by Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thanh Nam, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Biology at VNU University of Science, Prof. Masaharu Motokawa and Dr. Bui Tuan Hai had a significant opportunity to discuss future cooperation with Assoc. Prof. Ngac An Bang, Vice Rector of VNU University of Science