SDG 13 Climate action

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 ...

This policy brief describes how production-driven partnerships between forest communities and the private sector, with government support, can improve livelihoods and economic development while restoring forest landscapes. It addresses the lack of effective, self-sustaining models for community livelihood development based on the sustainable trade of ...

To unlock the youth’s potential and create a positive social impact in Southeast Asia, ASEAN Foundation and SAP announced a partnership in 2017 to run a flagship program, ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE). This initiative has educated more than 16,000 young people across 370 ...

The Mekong River is an important part of the geographic, economic, and political landscape of the region. It flows through six riparian countries (China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and provides support to many economic sectors in this subregion including agriculture, fisheries, energy, ...

LIN Center for Community Development would like to inform all our NPOs that currently run projects in Ho Chi Minh City and other Southern Region (From Binh Thuan to Ca Mau) about the Round 1 of Narrow The Gap Community Program 2020:Grant Budget: Maximum of 75 ...

The second and final round of Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants under the theme “Scaling existing Australia–Vietnam Innovation Partnerships” is now open for applications with 2.32 million AUD funding available.Innovative ideas from existing Australia-Vietnam partnerships that enhance Vietnam’s Innovation Ecosystem to bring about long-term, sustainable societal impacts ...

The Vietnam Ireland Bilateral Education Exchange (VIBE) Programme now opens for concept notes from Vietnamese universities, research institutes and vocational colleges for 2020 funding round. VIBE is an initiative of the Embassy of Ireland to facilitate education links between Ireland and Vietnam.Prioritised areas for the ...

The 2020 Vietnam Sustainability Forum (VSF-2020), co-organized by the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) and the Academy of Policy and Development, will take place on 23–24 March 2020 in Hanoi, Vietnam.It aims at providing an international exchange platform for global leaders and ...

EfD-Vietnam is part of the global network of research centers of the EfD Initiative and is administered by EEPSEA at the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City. We contribute to the effective management of the environment through applied research, institutional development, academic training ...

 A two-volume study laying out a pathway to a low-carbon and climate-resilient transport sector in Vietnam was released at a workshop on Addressing Climate Change in Transport, held in Hanoi on September 16.The first volume demonstrates that by employing a mix of diverse policies and investments, Vietnam can ...