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 […]
Research for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Vietnam: Climate Change Response Modeling and Application
The Mekong Delta River is home to the most abundant biodiversity systems in Vietnam, thus becoming the vital hub for agriculture and aquaculture production in the country. However, this region is also considered as one of parts in Southeast Asia most threatened by climate change. The acceleration of climate change, therefore, exacerbates the level of […]
Advancing Jurisdictional Sustainability in Vietnam, focusing on the Central Highlands Region
The EU REDD Facility, hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI), was established in 2010 with the overarching goal of helping countries engaged in REDD+ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through improved land-use governance. Vietnam took the initiative to implement REDD+ through the approval of National REDD+ Action Plan (NRAP), […]
Study on Gender Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam
Vietnam is one of the countries severely affected by climate change and its related disasters. Climate change adaptation is vital for Vietnam and is regarded by the Government as one of priority tasks to reduce the vulnerability level. The regional programme “Strengthening Human Rights and Gender Equality through Climate Change Action and Disaster Risk Reduction’ […]
AgResults Emissions Reduction Field Survey in Vietnam
MDRI is collaborating with DFID & Abt Associates to conduct a survey of 2000 Thai Binh rice farmers and evaluate AgResults’ prize competition initiative in Vietnam. AgResults is a multinational initiative that promotes agricultural innovations from the private sectors by designing and organizing “pay-for-results” prize competitions. In Vietnam, AgResults’ goal is to encourage the development […]
Cao Lanh Bridge Impact Evaluation – Midline Survey
Since 2011, with funding support from the Government of Australia, the Government of South Korea and Asian Development Bank, the Government of Vietnam has implemented the Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project (CMDP) to enhance transport mobility in the Mekong Delta Region and provide improved access from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to the Southern Coastal […]
Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project – Beneficiary Impact Assessment
Over the period May 2007 through June 2016, the Government of Vietnam implemented an ambitious Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project (MDTIDP) in an amount of US$396.3 million with funding support from the World Bank Group and the Government of Australia. The project was implemented across all 13 provinces of the Mekong Delta, with additional […]
Environmental Immigration in Vietnam
The project explores the relationship between environmental migration and conflict likelihood, focusing on the role of urbanization. As part of the project, the project collects data from both migrants and non-migrants from 3 urban centers: Hanoi (HN), Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Binh Duong (BD). With a sample of 3600 respondents, 400 environmental migrants, 400 […]