THRIVE 2030 Performance Baseline Evaluation in Vietnam
World Vision International is a global humanitarian organization dedicated to tackling poverty and injustice around the world. As part of its Livelihood Development Program, World Vision has formulated an eight-year economic empowerment business plan called “Transforming Household Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE 2030)’’ to build resilient and sustainable livelihoods and enable parents and caregivers to […]
Assessing the Potential Contributions of the Rikolto Good Food at School (GF@S) model to Improving School Meals and Adolescents’ Diets in Vietnam
The Good Food at School (GF@S) model has been developed by the Rikolto NGO in several countries such as Belgium and Indonesia. The method aims at integrating food and education, addressing the composition of school meals and the functioning of school canteens, including practical teaching, learning activities and the active participation of students and teachers, […]
The impact of digital supplemental education services on cognitive and social and emotional learning: Evidence from Vietnam
Although Vietnam is highly appreciated for its educational achievements, inequality in its education persists. At the high school education, the difference in enrollment rate between the poorest and wealthiest groups is 53 percentage points. Inequality may stem from inequality in access to supplementary educational services. This study was designed to answer the question of whether […]
The impact of COVID-19 school closures on learning outcomes: Evidence from Vietnam
In view of the detrimental effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on health, most countries have implemented lockdown and school closures to contain the pandemic. It is estimated that nearly 1.6 billion students in over 180 countries, including Vietnam, were affected by school closures. However, there have not been any studies examining the effects […]
Study on Retail diversity index (RDI) for food retail sources
MDRI conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness and applicability of food inventory investigation tools in food retail and business establishments. The sample of this project included more than 500 food establishments in Dong Da district and Dong Anh district (Hanoi) that had already been observed in the Research on Food Nutrition and Environment in […]
Vietnam’s Aspirations of a Human-Centred Development Model: Understanding Voices and Insights of Multiple Actors
With the aim of filling the gap in the current economic growth strategy, Oxfam is proposing a new economic model, known as the Human Economy, which revolves toward human-centered instead of profit-driven economic development. This is in line with the Vietnam Communist Party’s visions for Vietnam’s 10-year socio-economic development strategy 2021-2030, where the VCP views […]
The Vietnam Adolescent Nutrition and Food Environment Study
Adolescence is known as a period of rapid growth and development in children’s physiological, cognitive, and psychological status, which requires an increase in their macronutrient and micronutrient needs compared to adults. However, adolescents’ diets in many places are inadequate, leading to their stunted physical growth, poor cognitive and development, and other dietary risks, especially in […]
Educational Technology Readiness Index (ETRI) in Ho Chi Minh City
The EdTech Readiness Index (ETRI) has been created in the collaboration between World Bank team and Imaginable Futures. The indicators of the ETRI are organized based on 3 dimensions of the Global Education Policy Dashboard (practices, policies and politics) to enable countries (a) identify good practices and areas where EdTech policies can be strengthened, and […]