This is the first time Vietnam has arepresentative on the global rankings in the field of agro-forestry.
The UK’s QS World University Rankings 2020 rank1,368 institutes and schools in 158 countries and territories.
Universities are ranked based on four criteria:Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations per paper, and H-index (ameasure of productivity and impact of scientific publications).
Agriculture and forestry are strengths of the Can Tho Universityand the Mekong Delta region in general.
The delta, dubbed as Vietnam’s rice granary, contributes 50percent of the country’s rice crop, 65 percent of aquaculture, 70 percent offruits, 95 percent of exported rice and 60 percent of exported fish./.