Improving Diets in Schools in Vietnam: Testing Innovative Methods of Influencing Demand
The project “Improving Diets in Schools in Vietnam”, funded by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), is part of the CGIAR’s Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) research program under the flagship “Food Systems for Healthier Diets”. Its goal is to test if school- based educational activities can actually increase children’s and their parents’ […]
Assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Access International Markets through enhanced Business-to-Business connectivity and Improved capacity
Technological advancement and internet help create millions of business transactions at minimal costs. Therefore, it is now so popular that a customer, just by a mouse click or screen touch, can find the matched product supplier and purchase the product which is thousand miles away. Such technology can be seen as a great opportunity for […]
Monitoring 2030 Agenda implementation in Vietnam
The “2030 Agenda for sustainable development”, adopted on a UN summit in New York in September 2015, is the first international agreement taking all three dimensions of sustainable development into account: economic, ecologic as well as social factors. Vietnam has successfully established itself as a pioneer in Southeast Asia with regard to sustainable development and […]
In-depth Reviews of SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4
The project aims to support the preparation of the Voluntary National Review of the Government of Vietnam. The objectives of the project is to conduct in-depth reviews on the respective group of SDGs as stated above, with a focus on means of implementation, policy gaps, integration of respective groups of SDGs, together with the progress, […]
Vietnam Public Opinion Survey 2017 for the Australian Embassy
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’ perception […]
Assessment of residential electricity demand patterns and potential impacts of electricity tariff increases
What will happen to residential demand for electricity if the government of Vietnam wants to increase electricity tariffs to cost recovery, a level estimated at 20 percent above current prices? To answer this research question, a study was conducted to measure the demand elasticity of the electricity consumption in Vietnam and characterize it. The study […]
Global Value Chains Survey 2017
Global Value Chains (GVCs) are a dominant economic reality in the 21st century. The way the global economy produces and exchanges goods has never been more dynamic or more interconnected. In policy fora, the importance of GVCs as a way for firms – in particular SMEs – in developing countries to take advantage of the […]
Vietnam Public Opinion Survey 2016 for the Australian Embassy
Australia is among the most dynamic international and regional partners of Vietnam in multiple sectors, including development assistance, trade, investment, education, tourism, etc. Particularly, in recent years, as Australia has been increasingly active in its activities within Vietnam, the country would like to acquire a more comprehensive understanding of its image within Vietnamese people’s perception. […]