The public defence of Anh's PhD thesis, 27 Oct

PhD candidate and two paranymphs

Supervisors and opponents

Supervisors, co-supervisor and chairman

Opponents

Typical Dutch way of defence PhD thesis

Two paranymphs

Dr. Anh and the commitee

Vietnamese community in Wageningen in the reception after the defence

Ha and Anh (hope to get the red box next year :-)

And here is the song performed by ENP in the dinner party:

Melody: Glory Glory Halleluja

Refr:

Pham Thi Anh has now her PhD
She'll be doctor till eternity
Ecological modernity
Has one more expert now

Verses

Anh became a master at a very early stage
she wanted to prolong before she was too old of age
A PhD position was a logical next phase
But nature got first place

A topic for a thesis was not difficult to find
Tiger shrimps and panga were on everybody's mind
Environmental consequences are a different kind
But Anh shows us the light

She worked from muddy panga ponds to shiny factories

Dodging tigers, germs, virus and also mangrove trees

The only thing that stumped her was the governance of these

But Anh turned it around

A business proposition can be wonderful indeed

But not if your research is what the business might impede

Ahn, however , showed us the two really can succeed

Research and Bizz as one

CENTEMA and VLU have now another star
They will continue winning the environmental war
Preventing Vietnam from the crisis of the modern car
And Anh will join this gang