C O N T E N T S - Physical Land Resources - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Development Cooperation Prize 2006 for IUPWARE StudentVu Thi Minh NGUYET Wins 2006 Development Co-Operation Prize.Yearly the Belgian Development Cooperation awards a prize to students and youngscientists, based on a scientific work of high relevance for development. In 2006 14students and 6 researchers received the prize (EURO 1.250 for students and EURO2.500 for young researchers), Vu Thi Minh Nguyet (°1972 Vietnam,nguyetvuminh@vnn.vn) was one of the researchers receiving the prize on basis of herPhD work. All the details on the prize can be found athttp://www.devcoprize.africamuseum.be/. Vu Thi Minh Nguyet's education consisted ofa Bachelor in Geology, Hanoi University, Vietnam, 1994; Master’s in Water Management,K.U.Leuven and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2000; and Ph.D. in EngineeringSciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2006. The prize was awarded in an officialceremony in the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium on the 6th ofJune 2007.Vu Thi Minh Nguyet during the Development Cooperation Prize ceremony on the 14 th of June 2007, left onthe picture Prof. O. Batelaan, right Dr. M. Dusar (Geological Survey of Belgium).- 29 -