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“In Vietnam, ethnic minorities are supported by a network of non-governmental organizations, known as “civil society”. Civil society includes international non-governmental organizations, Vietnamese mass organizations, Vietnamese umbrella organizations, Vietnamese NGOs, community-based organizations, and professional organizations, although professional organizations work rarely related to ethnic minority issues. ...

“The Vietnamese Government recognizes 53 ethnic minorities. Most ethnic minorities inhabit remote areas of Vietnam and have their own belief systems which are heavily tied to land.The Government has introduced a system of policies to incorporate ethnic minorities in the national development process, amounting to ...

Open Development Vietnam (ODV) has recently published a topic page titled “Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam” to inform an overview of measures taken by the Vietnamese government to combat COVID-19, as well as the economic, social and environmental impacts of the pandemic.The topic ...

All land and the natural resources found under or on it is owned by the people through the state in Vietnam. However, the state recognizes long-term, alienable usage rights over both land and resources. Those with these usage rights in forest land are known as ...

Vietnam’s population had reached 95.5 million people in 2017, which was the largest in the Mekong region. Vietnam has a young population, however the era of the  “golden population” is estimated to end by 2040, with people aged 15 to 24 currently accounting for 70% ...

Vietnam ranks the fifth in climate risk in the Global Climate Risk Index for 2018 and eighth in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index (CRI). Having 3,260 km of coast line, rising sea levels definitely create a big impact on Vietnam. According to the Inter-Governmental Panel on CC ...

A new map layer of “Population density of regions in Vietnam in 2016” has been published by Open Development Vietnam. The map uses the latest data from Goverment Statistics Office (GSO) and shows 7 levels of population density of regions of which Red river delta and Mekong river delta have ...

International aid plays a significant but decreasing role in Vietnam’s national expenditure.  The nature of development assistance has changed a lot over time. Previously aid came largely from developed countries members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), however recently, China, Arab countries, multilateral organisations, ...

pen Development Vietnam has published a new profile on The World Bank Aid Projects. The data is presented in an interactive map that allow readers to view and filter projects that are completed or under implementation. For more detail, please access the new profile on The World Bank Aid Projects ...

Open Development Vietnam has just published a topic page on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)The VSDG has been approved by the Government of Vietnam in 2016 and has 17 goals but only 115 targets. There are many similarities and differences between SDG’s global goals and national ...