With 54 different ethnic groups coexisting, Vietnam is a multiethnic nation. Kinh people, the majority, who comprise 82 million people or 85.4% of the country’s population, and the remaining 53 groups of – ethnic minority (EM) people make up the remaining 14.12 million, or 14.6%.1 ...

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 ...

In 2010, the Vietnam government established a rural development strategy, implemented through the National Targeted Program on New Rural Development. The program is intended to support more than 9,000 communes across the 63 provinces of Vietnam to upgrade services and infrastructure in their communities, raise ...

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 ...

More than 49,300 young Vietnamese have learned about risky behaviours and preventive measures associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), thanks to three years of instruction from the Young Health Programme (YHP).YHP is AstraZeneca’s global disease prevention programme, focusing on young people aged 10 to 24 living ...

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. 86 Ensuring national water security is ...

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 ...

Established in 2011, Makesense is an international NGO whose vision is to solve today’s social and environmental issues by providing incubation and capacity building activities for individuals, social entrepreneurs, and forward-thinking organizations.Act4Impact is one of Makesense Asia’s premiere social innovation program, catering to citizen-advocates who ...

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 ...

Vietnam’s economic transformation over the last three decades has been a remarkable success story. Urbanization has played a vital role in Vietnam’s success, with the share of the population living in towns and cities increasing from less than 20% in 1990 to more than 37.55% ...

Implementing Decision No. 629/QD-TCTK, dated July 14, 2023, of the General Director of the General Statistics Office on the mid-term population and housing survey census for 2024, the GSO will begin collecting data from April 1 to April 30, 2024, in nearly 40,000 areas out ...

Vietnam will need to invest 20-30 billion USD on water supply and drainage to make sure that 100% of the population has access to clean water, according to experts.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment forecasts that water use demand by 2030 is about 122.47 ...

Although consumers have paid attention to organic vegetables for many years, organic agriculture is still struggling to survive and develop.The high price of organic veggies makes it impossible to consume well. Moreover, many dishonest traders have mixed unclean vegetables with organic ones eroding consumers’ trusts. Organic ...

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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision 338/QD-TTg, dated April 24, approving a plan to implement the National Power Development Master Plan for the period of 2021 – 2030, with a vision to 2050 (Master Plan VIII).The plan aims to ensure effective implementation of ...

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Land ConsolidationLand 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 ...

Vietnam needs to develop solutions to encourage fast-paced e-commerce to embrace circular economy and reduce the dumping of plastic wastes towards protecting the environment. A recent report on plastic wastes from e-commerce by Việt Nam E-Commerce Association pointed out that e-commerce is growing rapidly with an ...

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 ...