World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives
Data are everywhere. But what is the data revolution doing for the 700 million people who live in extreme poverty? When data are turned into valuable information, they have the potential to improve lives, transform economies, and help end poverty. Now more than ever, the ...
World Bank
MONRE issues press release on hydropower dam breakdown in Laos and impact on Mekong Delta
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has issued a press release on the collapsion of the hydroelectric XePan XeNamnoy hydroelectric dam in Laos and its impact on the Mekong Delta.According to the press release, in the coming days, water level in Cửu Long ...
Full Day Online Marketing Workshop for Female Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Female Business Owners and Entrepreneurs: do you want to expand your customer base and better target your customers? Come to learn online marketing tools. This full-day workshop will introduce various online tools to help you set up and manage a successful online marketing tool and ...
U.S. Embassy
Confronting COVID-19 second waves: How “big data for good” can inform policy in Vietnam
Initially undertaking full-fledged national lockdowns, governments are increasingly seeking more selective and localized public health interventions. Notable amongst these countries are Australia (Melbourne), Spain (cataluña), and China (Beijing) with their recent focus on highly targeted interventions. can such an approach be effective in controlling the ...
UN Women: Publishing report on “Figures on Ethnic Minority Women and Men in Viet Nam 2015-2019" and "Policy Brief: Gender issues of ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam"
This report is launched by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), with financial support from the Embassy of Ireland in Viet Nam, and in coordination with the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs under the Ministry ...
UN Women
Call for Proposals: Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund
Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund (EU JULE JIFF), one component of the EU Justice and Legal Empowerment Program in Vietnam (EU JULE) funded by EU, would like to invite social organizations in Vietnam to submit proposals on enhancing access to justice for vulnerable groups, particularly women, ...
Oxfam in Vietnam
The 2020 Fall YSEALI Professional Fellows Program
The YSEALI Professional Fellows Program provides emerging leaders ages 25-35 the opportunity to spend five weeks in the United States, including four weeks working directly with American counterparts in individually tailored work placements with relevant private and/or public sector organizations. During these placements, Fellows build their ...
U.S. Mission to ASEAN
Youth Energy Academy: Calls for Application
The Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT-RRCAP) and the Sustainable Energy Youth Network (SEYN), with the support of the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, is welcoming appliCAtions for ...
AIT-RCCAP
ODI awards Can Tho University – Vietnam for contributing datasets on Mekong environment
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 ...
Call for Applications Mekong Data Journalism Fellowship 2021, Round Two
The East-West Center and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, in partnership with the Stimson Center, are pleased to launch a second and final round of fellowships to journalists from Mekong countries. The fellowship provides fellows with the opportunity to develop data journalism skills and support data-driven investigations into water security challenges and solutions in the Mekong region. Selected ...
