October 19 & 20, 2023 at the Forest Industry Research Institute, Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences held the second annual meeting, 2023 of the Vietnam and Japan Joint Evaluation Committee Council on Project "Development of Japanese wooden house energy saving technology in Vietnam" sponsored by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. The goal of this meeting is to continue exchanging content on investigating and surveying actual housing saving technology in Vietnam, assessing the quality of Japanese wood in Vietnam's climatic conditions, and at the same time making recommendations. solutions to save energy for housing as well as ideas for developing green materials adapted to conditions in Vietnam.

• Dr. Bui Duy Ngoc - Director, Forest Industry Research Institute (RIFI) Dr. Nguyen Duc Thanh - Deputy Director, Forest Industry Research Institute Dr. Vu Thi Hong Tham - Deputy Head of Wood Science Department, RIFI Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Head of Forest Product Processing Research Department, RIFI Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy - Head of Forest Products Preservation Department, RIFI

• Director Aoki Kazutoshi - Architectural Design Office - KAZU ARCHITECT OFFICE CO.,LTD. Takagi Naoki - Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University Kobori Hikaru - Department of Biological Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University Director Shimizu Toshitake - Seiyano Kenzai Co., Ltd CEO Watanabe Kento - Takahiro Mokuzai Co., Ltd Director Kikukawa Masahiko - ISSHO ASIA Co., Ltd Architect Yokobayashi Chika - Architectural Design Office - KAZU ARCHITECT OFFICE CO.,LTD. Architect Tsuji Eri - Architectural Design Office - KAZU ARCHITECT OFFICE CO.,LTD.

The meeting was chaired by Dr. Bui Duy Ngoc presided. The Council worked very actively for 2 days including evaluation activities and discussion of planned contents. At the end of the meeting, the Committee highly appreciated the results achieved by the Project. The Japanese side highly appreciated the cooperation and coordination of the Forest Industry Research Institute. The Council also approved the task plan for the coming time. On October 20, 2023, the delegation surveyed a number of energy-saving housing models in Hanoi. Then there were field visits to Nguyen Giang wooden house production facility at Chang Son traditional wood craft village and Hung Tam Wood Import-Export Company. The delegation also visited a Japanese-style wooden house model and had a discussion with experts in the construction field at the Institute of Construction Science and Technology.