Soil Science

Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Tel: 024.38769272 email: khoahocdat@yahoo.com

1. Introduction

The current Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition was Department of Pedology, established at the same time as the Agriculture and Forestry Institute in 1956 (there were 3 groups: Pedology, Agro-chemistry, and Microorganism). Untill 1976, together with the establishment of the Agricultural Land Management Faculty (nowadays called Faculty of Land Management), the Department of Pedology was renamed to the Department of Pedology - Agrochemistry (including Microorganism group) . In 1978, the Department of Pedology and Agrochemistry was separated to two departments: Pedology - Agrochemistry and Soil Analysis. In 1980, the university combined Department of Pedology - Agrochemistry and Department of Soil analysis. The new department was still called the Department of Pedology - Agrochemistry. In 2003, the Department of Pedology- Agrochemistry was separated to establish two new departments: Soil science and Agrochemistry - Microorganism. In January 2022, the Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition was established on the basis of reorganization of two ministries of Soil Science and Agrochemistry. Currently, the Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is directly under the The Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment of VNUA.

2. Functions and tasks

Teaching: Currently, Department of Soil Science is responsible for teaching 31 subjects for undergraduate level, 11 subjects for higher education, 07 subjects for doctorate. The department is in charge of the management of the Soil sciences from the undergraduate to the doctoral level.

Scientific research and technology transfer: In recent years, the Department of Soil Science has been studying and transferring scientific and technical advances to the following main directions:

Study on soil classification under FAO - UNESCO - WRB; Study of soil fertility and soil fertility improvement measures; Research and assessment of land potential for land use planning in the direction of efficiency and sustainability;

Application of FAO land evaluation methodology in soil classification; Study of soil constraints and remedial measures, especially sloping land and problematic land; Research on the treatment of heavy metals in the soil by biological methods, in-depth study of some basic physico-chemical properties of soil, both teaching and supplementing the land database for other research purposes;

Research and develop effective and sustainable land use models on different ecological regions; Study on cultivation practices for CH4 Reduction in paddy rice in the Red River Delta.

No	Name	Position	Email
1	Dr. Luyen Huu Cu	Deputy head	luyenhuucu@vnua.edu.vn
2	Assoc. Prof. Cao Viet Ha	Senior lecturer	cvha@vnua.edu.vn
3	Dr. Nguyen Thu Ha	Head of Deparment	thuhann1@gmail.com
4	Nguyen Tho Hoang	Technician	nguyenthohoang@vnua.edu.vn
5	Assoc. Prof. Phan Quoc Hung	Senior lecturer	phanhung68@gmail.com
6	Prof. Nguyen Huu Thanh	Senior lecturer	nguyenhuuthanh@vnua.edu.vn
7	MSc. Nguyen Van Thao	Lecturer	thaohadong218@gmail.com
8	Ha Van Tu	Technical staff	hvtu@vnua.edu.vn
9	Dr. Nguyen Thanh Trung	Lecturer	nttrungtnmt@vnua.edu.vn
10	MSc. Hoang Quoc Viet	Lecturer	hqviet@vnua.edu.vn

4. List of courses

No		Course	Lecturers in charge
Undergraduate
1	QL02005	Geology	Cao Viet Ha, Phan Quoc Hung
2	QL02006	Environmental geology	Cao Viet Ha, Nguyen Huu Thanh
3	QL02007	Soil chemistry	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Cao Viet Ha
4	QL02008	General pedology	Nguyen Huu Thành, Do Nguyen Hai, Phan Quoc Hung, Cao Viet Ha, Hoang Quoc Viet
5	QL02009	Advanced pedology	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Do Nguyên Hai, Phan Quoc Hung, Cao Viet Ha
6	QL02010	Soil physics	Cao Viet Ha, Tran Van Chinh
7	QL02047	Pedology	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Tran Van Chinh, Do Nguyen Hai, Phan Quoc Hung, Cao Viet Ha
8	QL03014	Land evaluation	Do Nguyen Hai, Luyen Huu Cu
9	QL03015	Sloping land and erosion	Do Nguyen Hai, Phan Quoc Hung, Cao Viet Ha
10	QL03016	Global soils	Cao Viet Ha, Nguyen Huu Thanh
11	QL03018	Soil pollution	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Do Nguyen Hai, Cao Viet Ha, Phan Quoc Hung
12	QL03019	Soil-water analysis	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Cao Viet Ha
13	QL03021	Soil degradation and restoration	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Phan Quoc Hung
14	QL03022	Soil classification and mapping	Do Nguyen Hai, Luyen Huu Cu
15	QL02028	Construction geology	Cao Viet Ha, Phan Quoc Hung
16		Fertilizer	Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh Nguyen Thanh Trung Nguyen Van Thao
17		Scientific basis of fertilization	Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh Nguyen Thanh Trung Nguyen Van Thao
18		Fertilizer application for plant 1	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen Van Thao
19		Fertilizer application for plant 2	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
20		Soiland Fertilizers	Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh Nguyen Thanh Trung Nguyen Van Thao
21		SoilFertility	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thanh Trung
22		Intergrated crop nutrition management	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh
23		Agrochemistry for soil reclaimation	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Van Thao
24		Soil and Agrochemistry mapping	Nguyen Nhu Ha
25		Biological indicators for environment	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
26		Chemicals application in agricultre and envỉonment	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thanh Trung
27		Fertilizer and plant analysis	Nguyen Thu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh
28		Agrochemical experiment: practice	Nguyen Van Thao Nguyen Thanh Trung
29		Application growth substance in agriculture	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Van Thao
30		Soilless culture	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen T. Lan Anh
31		Paddysoil	Nguyen Thu Ha
Post graduate
1	QL06004	Advanced Soil Chemistry	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Cao Viet Ha
2	QL06005	Advanced soil physics	Tran Văn Chinh
3	QL07024	Advanced land evaluation	Do Nguyen Hai, Luyen Huu Cu
4	QL07035	Soil erosion and controled methods	Do Nguyen Hai
5	QL07027	Integrated Soil Management	Nguyen Huu Thành,Do Nguyeen Hai
6	QL07028	Principles of Soil and plant relations	Tran Van Chinh, Cao Viet Ha
7	QL060	Soil organic matter	Cao Viet Ha
8	QL07034	Advanced soil classification and soil map	Do Nguyen Hai, Tran Van Chinh
9	QL07086	Reclamation contamination soil	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Phan Quoc Hung
10	QL06028	Soil fertility	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Cao Viet Ha
Doctorate
1	QL0801	Tropical soils	Nguyen Huu Thanh, Cao Việt Ha
2	QL0808	Climate change and land degradation	Đo Nguyen Hai, Cao Viet Ha
3	QL0804	Bioremediation of Polluted Soils	Phan Quoc Hưng, Nguyen Thị Minh
4		Fertilizers with soil	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
5		Greenhouse cultivation	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
6		Fertilizer application for plant	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
7		Integrated plant nutrition system	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha
8		Diagnosis of plant nutrition	Nguyen Nhu Ha Nguyen Thu Ha

5. Research activities

+ Main research directions

+ Soil classification following FAO – UNESCO - WRB;

+ Study of soil fertility and soil fertility improvement measures;

+ Research and assessment of land potential for land use planning in the direction of efficiency and sustainability;

+ Application of FAO land evaluation methodology in soil classification;

+ Study of soil constraints and remedial measures, especially sloping land and problematic land;

+ in-depth study of some basic physico-chemical properties of soil, both teaching and supplementing the land database for other research purposes;

+ Research and develop effective and sustainable land use models on different ecological regions;

+ Soil, water, fertilizer and plant analysis;

+ Soil and Agrochemistry mapping;

+ Integrated plant nutrition system;

+ Fertilizer quality and effecial field testing;

+ Coordinate the production and transfer of specialized multi-use fertilizers;

+ Processing animal waste, plant residue, growth medium... into organic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers.

6. Textbooks, lectures

No	Names	Publishing house	Published in
1	Pedology	Agricultural uni.	2006
2	Soil chemistry	Agricultural uni.	2006
3	Geology	Agricultural uni.	2008
4	Land evaluation	Agricultural uni.	2007
5	Practical Pedology	Agricultural uni.	2007
6	Fertilizer 1	Agricultural uni.	2010
7	Soil classification and mapping	Agricultural uni.	2012
8	Soil physics	Agricultural uni.	2013
9	Scientific basis of fertilization	Agriculture	2013
10	Global soils	Agricultural uni.	2016
11	Soil fertility	Agricultural uni.	2016
12	Slopping land and erosion	Agricultural uni.	2017
13	Soil and water analysis	Agricultural uni.	2020