projects

Vietnam is a global leader in seafood production. Shrimp alone is an important livelihood source for over one million people, the vast majority of whom are small-scale producers. However, the booming…

Agriculture is a vital source of income and employment in Vietnam, with more than half of the labour force working in the sector. Rice is a particularly important crop, and Vietnam is the second-…

Our disaster and climate change risk management and resilience projects aim to support vulnerable people in high-risk areas, including poor women, men, boys and girls.

Ben Tre province in Vietnam’s southern Mekong Delta is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise. A large number of people live in the delta, which in some areas is…

According to the World Bank, Vietnam loses 1-1.5 percent of GDP annually (approximately US $257 million) because of disasters such as floods, typhoons, landslides and drought. The agricultural sector…

The Red River and Mekong deltas in the north and south of Vietnam are highly vulnerable to climate change. People in these areas are witnessing more extreme rainfall, more frequent typhoons and storm…

[legacy content]Vietnam is one of the countries in the world most affected by weather-related disasters, such as typhoons, floods and drought. The economic and social impacts of these disasters are…

Our gender jutsice projects aim to empower poor and marginalised women to gain more control over their lives and to contribute actively to decision-making.

Vietnam has a number of policies in place that promote women’s political leadership, such the Law on Gender Equality (2006) and the National Strategy on Gender Equality (2011-2020). The first…

A series of studies on gender and media conducted in 2007 by Oxfam and CSAGA[1], a Vietnamese NGO, revealed a significant amount of gender stereotyping in media reporting. For example, men were…