The Mekong Delta is to become a region of comprehensive development, modern and uniform infrastructure system, and dynamic economic growth under the Poliburo’s resolution on the region’s socioeconomic development to 2045.In its planning, Long An set the target to become a dynamic economic hub in ...

EFD 2 is the second phase of Enterprising for Development Program (EFD). Its first phase was successfully launched from 2015 to 2018.  To further develop the program, Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP), with technical and financial support from Oxfam, continues to implement the second phase of ...

Festivals are an essential part of spiritual life in Vietnam, reflecting unique customs and practices of each region and community. Traditional festivals provide an opportunity for people to exchange and pass on morals and ethics about noble aspirations and to share stories about subjects of ...

Are you a non-profit organization/ group1 operating in southern locations from Dak Lak to ca Mau?Is the Covid-19 pandemic negatively impacting on the operation of your organization/ group?Is your organization/ group in need of funding to support the disadvantaged groups who are in difficulty due ...

South-East Asia is enjoying a shift in interest with respect to innovative investment. While the last 30-40 years have seen China and Taiwan receive the benefit of innovative investment by way of technology transfers, companies are now looking to the South-East Asia region in general, ...

Land in Vietnam is divided into extremely small parcels by world standards. The average agricultural landholding is 1,560 square meters per capita, which is less than one-third of standard holdings in Thailand or cambodia. Up to 70% of rural households have land use rights to ...

 Vietnam recorded the country’s first COVID-19 cases on January 23, 2020. As of April 27, 2020, there were 270 confirmed cases.The Government of Vietnam’s COVID-19 response has involved a series of initiatives from the central to the local level since late January 2020.Data about COVID-19 ...

Time: 17 – 18, June 2019Venue: da Lat UniversityThe Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM) is an accredited academic annual meeting organized for economists and social researchers around the world to present their scholarly studies and works.This year’s conference theme will centre around the relationship and ...

“Women are the most important members in the community to preserve, transmit and protect cultural values.” Mr. Hoang Vu Nguyen – CSDMThe Center for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas (CSDM), in cooperation with ODV, had worked with four ethnic miniority communities to preserve their stores, ...

The Vietnamese government recently promulgated Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on the protection of personal data (VPDP Decree), which takes effect on 1 July 2023. VPDP Decree is the primary legislation governing personal data protection in Vietnam, applying to both domestic and overseas entities directly involved in or related to ...

By end of July 2021, Vietnam went through three waves of COVID-19 and now is facing the fourth one. During the first wave, with the original virus strain from Wuhan (China), there were some severe cases but no deaths. The second wave in Da Nang ...

As part of the Mekong Environment Forum and Can Tho University workshop on Building Community Capacity, the East-West Management Institute Open Development Initiative (ODI) supported a Call for data submission to engage young and innovative Vietnamese citizen scientists to develop, implement and produce data driven ...

The National Targeted Program on New Rural Development – 10 years review and way forwardIntroductionIn Vietnam, rural development is nearly synonymous with agricultural sector development. Agriculture itself is crucial in Vietnamese policy, as it forms the backbone of the country’s economy. Thus, rural development has ...

Investment in public infrastructure has been one of the key driving forces for Vietnam’s economic development over recent decades. Infrastructure accounted for 53% of total Official Development Assistance (ODA) received between 2010-2017.63Vietnam has heavily invested in transportation, particularly roads, airports, and seaports. Vietnam’s public and ...

The New Normal: Mekong Delta faces droughts and saltwater intrusion1. The SituationVietnam’s Mekong Delta is the third-largest delta on Earth and home to nearly 18 million people, whose livelihoods rely mainly on agricultural and aquacultural production. Considered the “Rice Bowl” of Vietnam, the Delta supports ...

Vietnam is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. S-shaped with a 3,440 km coastline, its unique geographic location in the monsoon belt of Southeast Asia and diverse topography means that Vietnam suffers from many different types of natural hazards, including typhoons, tropical ...

Climate Change (CC) is the change in weather, and related patterns of oceans, land, surface, and ice sheets such as temperature, ice melt, and sea level rise. While CC has historically been a natural occurrence, current CC is believed to be caused by human activities ...

The global pursuit of Green Growth has transformed into an essential agenda in a world grappling with escalating environmental degradation, climate change, and the depletion of finite resources. This concept strives to balance prosperity and ecological sustainability by decoupling economic growth from resource consumption and ...

International aid plays a significant but decreasing role in Vietnam’s national expenditure. For example in 2013, official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of the national budget had decreased to 11.2% from 25.4% in 2003.379 The nature of development assistance has changed a lot over ...

Vietnam’s population and housing census is conducted every ten years and begins on April 1st. The country has conducted five population and housing censuses since the revolution in 1975, specifically in April of 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019.441 The fifth population and housing census ...