Workshop for journalists: Strengthen policy analysis skills
“Workshop for journalists: Strengthen policy analysis skills” is organized by Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS), within the scope of project “Strengthen media and journalism network in policy making community to foster policy debate in Vietnam”.The workshop is divided into 4 sessions in ...
Full scholarship from Asian Women's University (AUW) for Vietnam, deadline for application 28/2/2019
Scholarships are open to pursue undergraduate degrees. Scholarships are awarded to study any subject offered by AUW. AUW trained 5 majors: Economics; Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE); Public Health; Environmental Science; Bioinformatics. Scholarship value is $ 60 000 for 4 years of college, which will ...
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are universal targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity in each UN member state by 2030. They are intended to continue the progress made ...
Communal Land
Customary and Communal Land PracticesCustomary practices of land use are established patterns of behavior that are locally recognized in rules and customs, either oral or written 55. Unlike national laws and policies, customary practices (sometimes called “customary law”) are developed and adapted over time by ...
Vietnam Summer School of Science 2019 calls for application
Vietnam Summer School of Science (VSSS) is an annual free academic summer school for aspiring Vietnamese students and young scientists who are keen on pursuing research as a career. VSSS 2019 marks the 7th year journey with Vietnamese youth.Time: From 22-25/07/2019Venue: International Center for Interdisciplinary ...
Data-driven Storytelling Contest - Deadline extension
About the ContestThe purpose of this contest is to encourage professionals, researchers, and students, especially those who identify as Indigenous Peoples, to demonstrate the value of data through effective visual data storytelling, and to contribute to the open data community by increasing the accessibility of ...
Women in Open Data
What keeps Mekong women from accessing open data?Mekong Women in Data: Understanding barriers to women’s access to open data in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and VietnamPhoto by Mimi Thian on Unsplash. Licensed freely on Unsplash.Gender inequality underscores the lives of women all over the world. ...
Forests and Forestry
The Government of Vietnam considers forests an important ecological resource, valuable for the socio-economic development and well-being of communities throughout the country. Forests play a major role in adapting to climate change as well as in regular environmental functions such as preventing erosion and maintaining ...
Youth Initiative Fund is calling for community development proposals
Irish Aid funded Youth Initiative Fund, managed by The Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) Vietnam is calling for community development proposals from youth groups nation-wide. The Project aims to encourage young people to contribute towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, through capacity ...
Hack Covy - the first online hackathon competition to “hack” COVID-19 in Vietnam
“HackCovy” is an online hackathon, with the main theme being COVID-19 co-hosted by AngelHack, Hanoi’s Youth Union, and UNDP Vietnam. The hackathon will be where technology and startup lovers come together to create a solution for the pressing issues that the pandemic has caused. This ...
Call for Applications: Mekong Data Journalism Fellowship 2021
The East-West Center and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, in partnership with the Stimson Center, are jointly offering Fellowships to journalists from Mekong Basin countries that aim to strengthen their data-journalism skills and support data-driven investigations into water security challenges and solutions in the Mekong region.Selected Fellows will join a series of virtual seminars with experts in fields such as ...
Earth Journalism Network
Water resources
Water resources in Vietnam are quite diverse, comprising both natural and artificial water bodies. The countries water resources are under increasing pressure from over-exploitation due to increased irrigation demand, urban and industrial development, as well as concentrated areas of increasing population. 187 Ensuring national water security is ...
Climate Change
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 ...
Population and Census
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 2019.311 The fifth population and housing census ...
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 ...
Rivers and lakes
Vietnam surface water system includes all of the water in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and wetlands, as well as the ocean, in which river water resources are the most important that are widely used in livelihood and production. River near Sa Pa, Vietnam, a frontier town and ...
Aid and development
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 2003.384 The nature of development assistance has changed a lot over ...
State Public Land
State Forest LandDuring revolution and national unification, the Vietnamese government nationalized agricultural and forest land throughout the country. While agricultural land was de-collectivized in the Đổi mới reforms since the mid-1980s, the majority of forest and forest land has continued to be managed by state ...