In November 2011, Prof. Kenichi Ohno received the Medal for Education, which is an award given for significant contribution to education and training in Vietnam.

Since 1995, Prof. Kenichi Ohno has produced a large number of practical policy-oriented research papers, books and proposals on Vietnam’s development. In 2004, the Vietnam Development Forum (VDF), a GRIPS’s research office in Hanoi, was established where Prof. Ohno trained many young Vietnamese researchers, including GRIPS alumni, in actual policy making environment.

On 28 November 2011, an award ceremony took place at the National Economics University (NEU) in Hanoi, the Vietnamese partner of GRIPS. Prof. Tran Tho Dat, Vice Rector of NEU, presented the award and expressed his appreciation for Prof. Ohno’s strenuous efforts toward education and training in Vietnam.