This report focuses on promoting low-carbon rice production systems in Vietnam. There are many sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the agricultural sector in Vietnam, including along value chains and within the whole agri-food context. However, because rice production is so important to the ...

CFI launches a scheme to support online newsrooms in the Mekong region to publish content on environment, health and sustainable development.With the support of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and as part of its Mekong: Sustainable News project, CFI will help local newsrooms to ...

The report titled “Taking Stock: Digital Vietnam – The Path to Tomorrow” was developed by World Bank and published on 24/08/2021.The report reviews the recent developments in the Vietnamese economy and discusses the economy’s short- to medium-term prospects, highlighting domestic and external risks associated to ...

The report “Review of Local Governments’ Implementation of Personal Data Protection on Online Government-Citizen Interaction Interfaces, 2022” was conducted by Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS) in collaboration with UNDP Vietnam from October 2021 to June 2022. This report presents findings from the review of ...

  ELIGIBILITY: Public or private organizations in ASEAN countries. Individuals are not eligibleTOPIC: Accelerating the digital transformation of Southeast Asia with innovative training programs. Participating programs can teach any of the following four categories of essential skills:Specialized digital skills for information and communication technology (ICT)Professional digital skills ...

The 2020 Mekong Journalism Exchange will bring together twelve qualified journalists from five Mekong countries to participate in a two-week journalism exchange from February 9, 2020-February 22, 2020.  Journalists will explore critical issues in the Mekong region including water security and disinformation challenges.  In addition, journalists will ...

The Open Government Partnership Vietnam has disclosed an invitation to a consultative workshop on the research report “Implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Vietnam and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative”.The workshop will be opened at Hotel de l’Opera at 8:30-12:00 on 15 May 2018 ...

The Ministry of Science and Technology on October 31 held a press conference to announce the 2017 national start-up festival, Techfest 2017, which will be held on November 14-15 in Hanoi. The festival aims to facilitate participants in both national and international start-up ecosystems to connect closely ...

UC Davis’ New Viet Nam Studies Initiative and the University of Da Nang call for proposals for a summer conference in Da Nang on Viet Nam’s Sustainable and Alternative Development.Deadline: May 28, 2018 at 11:59PM (US-PST) / May 29, 2018 at 1:59PM (VN-GMT+7)For submission, please ...

The first Vietnamese Young Intellectual Forum will take place in the central city of Da Nang from November 27-29, with 200 Vietnamese intellectuals residing domestically and abroad taking part. Themed “Tapping the power of young Vietnamese intellectuals in the 4.0 era”, the forum will focus on ...

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 ...

ViEF – Vietnam Economic Forum is a national and international economic forum which aims to discuss key issues and strategy regarding Vietnam’s macroeconomy. At the same time, the forum maintains constructive dialogues on public and private policies between the private sector, the government and stakeholders. The forum ...

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), operating through the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation in Vietnam, is pleased to inform that effective April 1st, 2018, its office will relocate to the following address:6th floor, No.71 Chua Lang Street, Dong da District, HanoiFor more details, ...

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 ...

This is Agent Orange Working Group meeting. The details are as below:Date: 7 December, 2017Time:14 &nDash; 16.00 PMVenue: Room 201, Building E3, Number 6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, HanoiPlease confirm your attenDance with Mrs. Phan Thu Ha, Senior Working Groups Coordinator at the NGO ...

The People’s Participation Working Group (PPWG) is inviting to “People’s Awareness and People’s Participation in activities for public interests” Seminar.Time: 8:30 am, 18 October 2018Venue: LakeSide Hotel, 23 Ngoc Khanh, Giang Vo Ward, Ba Dinh District, HanoiEmail: tinhthancongdan@gmail.comHotline: 0167 863 8822 (Ms. Binh Do)More details ...

This is regular meeting of The Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Working Group. The details are as below:Date: 24 April, 2018Time: 14.00 &nDash; 16.00Location: VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, Building E3 6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi, VietnamFor more details, please visit ...

This is monthly Disaster Management Working Group meeting. The details and agenda of the meeting will be as bellow:date: 20 April, 2018Time: 14.00 – 17.00Venue: VUFO-NGO Resource Centre, Room 201, Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, Building E3, 6 dang Van Ngu, Dong da, Hanoi, VietnamFor more ...

Opportunities for businesses, potential startup, prospects in Vietnam!In order to expand the global network, introduce some startups in Korea as well as attract more investment opportunities for startups in Vietnam, N15 Hardware Accelerator and Up co-hosted the event “Global Startup Demo Day”.Time: 14h30 &nDash; 18h00, ...