The EducationUSA Advising Center at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi is pleased to announce the 2018 U.S. Department of State’s EducationUSA Academy at eleven U.S. host colleges and universities. The program is open to participation by self-funded high school students from all over the world ...

A topic-based discussion on nationalism through a philosophical lens will be held on Wednesday [February 7, 2018].This discussion, led by Arthur Non and Nguyễn Đỗ Công, will focus on the sections ‘Introduction’ and ‘Origin of National Consciousness’ from Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, and the ...

As part of World AIDS Day recognition events, community organizations from across the country convened to share results of U=U projects funded by Hanoi Medical University with the support of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam and the United States ...

World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) will cooperate with Communication center under Ministry of Natural resources and Environment (CNREC) to organize two-day Journalism training on Plastic topic for journalists in Hanoi (from 23-24/4) and in Ho Chi Minh City (from 2/5).This workshop is ...

After a long process of research and consultation involving more than 100 land experts in the region and across the world, CDE and MRLG are thrilled to announce the release of the book: State of land in the Mekong Region.It highlights key trends that dominate ...

The National Survey on People with Disabilities successfully conducted by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam in 2016-2017 with technical assistance by UNICEF, used the Child Functioning Module developed by the Washington Group and UNICEF in 2016 to identify children with disabilities. Viet Nam ...

Gender inequality underscores the lives of women all over the world. At the Open Development Initiative, we wanted to understand how this impacted women in the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) in their access to open data.In 2019, ...

Open Development Mekong is looking to hire a national Content and Research Assistant to contribute to research and content development for Open Development Vietnam (ODV) site. The role is to provide research and data support to the Content and Research Officer who manages the ODV ...

The report comes as Vietnam is considering moving from a feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy to a competitive bidding scheme for solar projects to reduce the cost of solar generation.The FIT has been successful in recent years, spurring the fast deployment of projects at a time when ...

The ongoing devastating storms and floods that battered the central part of Vietnam are the latest evidence of a worrying trend that natural risks, which have already been substantial, are intensifying due to rapid urbanization, economic development, and climate change. Resilient Shores, a report jointly developed ...

In an effort to ensure the legality of its entire timber supply chain and exports, Viet Nam has developed a draft Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS) Decree to go into effect later this year.VNTLAS is a part of Viet Nam’s Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with ...

Workshop “SDG Entrepreneurship for Youth” is a programme co-hosted by NEU Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NEU CSIE), United Nations Development Programmes and World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA). The workshop is designed for students to provide knowledge background of Sustainable business in ...

This year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit (#GES) is taking place on November 28-30 with a theme of “Women First – Prosperity for All”. White House adviser Ivanka Trump will lead the U.S. delegation. The U.S. Mission in Vietnam supports 13 entrepreneurs and eco system builders to ...

Viet Nam’s Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs, the World Bank and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade today jointly launched the “Value Chains Idea Contest” to support ethnic minority communities in Viet Nam.Contest timeline:Round I: Shortlisting ideas, with the deadline for submission of ideas by ...

How three key learning dimensions of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) (cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioral) in curricula, teaching and learning are evolved in countries throughout the world including Viet Nam? The answer will be told at UNESCO 2019 Global Forum on ...

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, ...

The fourth Renewable Energy Week (RE Week) will be co-organized by Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA), Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA), and the Climate change Working Group (CCWG)in Hanoi and other locations in the country. The event will focus Energy transition topic which is ...

Recognition AI technology based on artificial neutral network and deep learning has been researching and applying in variety fields of life. Fingerprint analysis and face detection, screening for cervical cancer (medical), or target recognition systems (defence) are few examples of this technology in real-world application.Thanks ...

Time: 17 – 18, June 2019Venue: Da Lat UniversityThe Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM) is an accredited academic annual meeting organized for economists and social researchers around the world to present their scholarly studies and works.This year’s conference theme will centre around the relationship and ...

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) will organize the 6th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED (Global Citizenship Education) from 25 to 31 May 2020.The one-week Workshop aims to build capacity of dynamic youth leaders around the world to identify strategies to achieve ...