Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) is an independent scientific research agency. At MDRI, we believe that research plays an indispensable role in social change and development. Our key services focus on Poverty Reduction, Ethnic Minority, Agriculture and Rural Development, Labor and Immigration, Water and Sanitation, Education, Environment and Climate Change, Sector & Market Research and Trade, and…
OVERVIEW Mekong Development Research Institute has been commissioned by DFAT to undertake the Public Opinion Survey 2017. The survey covering 5000 respondents from 10 provinces all over Vietnam was conducted over a period of 3 months during late 2016 – early 2017. The survey is instrumental in providing a representative picture of the Vietnamese people’…
OVERVIEW This assessment of mass media and mass communication of the child labour issue in Vietnam has been conducted by a research team from the Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) in support of component ii of the ENHANCE project – child labour awareness raising. Implemented by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with funding from the…
OVERVIEW Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project (GNTN) targets the 130 poorest communes in the 26 poorest districts in six provinces of the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Vietnam (Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces). The project aims to improve the local living standards through assistance…
OVERVIEW Based on data collected from the Survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities carried in 2015, this report provided a comprehensive picture of the socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minorities (EMs) in Vietnam with overall analyses and assessments on general aspects/profile of the EMs, including: the cultural, medical, educational, etc. characteristics….
OVERVIEW The project is an experiment to assess the impact of providing information for the Vietnam National Assembly delegates to test whether better information lead to more responsive in the VNA meetings. To test this, the project will survey opinions of citizens and businesses in all 63 provinces of Vietnam. Information collected from this survey…
OVERVIEW Between 2011 and 2016, Irish Aid provided €30.5 million through Programme 135 to support 400 small-scale community infrastructure projects (such as rural road connections, commune centres, school rooms, clinics, etc.) in nine provinces: Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, Kon Tum and Tra Vinh. The purpose…
OVERVIEW This project aims at supporting Vietnam in producing the first Vietnam Voluntary National Review (VNR) that will be submitted for review during the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2018. This will also provide input for the first SDG report of Vietnam. To accomplish this task, the project incorporates views and…
Overview This survey has been conducted to collect patients’ feedbacks about public health service. Oxfam and Vietnam Initiative, in cooperation with MDRI, consulting with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and hospitals, have developed an online feedback tool to measure “patient satisfaction index” (PSI). This is an important index to assess the quality and efficiency of…
OVERVIEW In April 2017, MDRI conducted the “Baseline Survey for Scaling up Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Vietnam” in 4 provinces in the Northern Mountains and Central Highlands (NM-CH) regions of Vietnam as commissioned by the World Bank. The survey was part of the technical assistance provided by the Work Bank to the government, which…