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The project, funded by the Green Climate Fund, aims to strengthen the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-hit water insecurity areas. More than 500,000 people in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and South-Central Coastal regionals will directly benefit from a project worth US$30 million financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on climate change adaptation. Representatives of UNDP, MARD, and five target provinces Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan. Photos: UNDP About 50% of the beneficiaries are women who will be subject to the project which is designed to empower vulnerable smallholders, particularly women and ethnic minority farmers in climate change-induced water insecurity provinces namely Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan. The “ Strengthening the Resilience of Smallholder Agriculture to Climate Change-induced Water Insecurity in the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast Regions of Vietnam” …

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More than 500,000 people, more than 50 per cent of whom are women, will benefit directly and indirectly from this project. The project is designed to empower vulnerable smallholders in the target provinces – particularly women and ethnic minority farmers – to manage increasing climate risks to agricultural production by securing water availability, adopting climate-resilient agricultural practices, and strengthening access to actionable agro-climate information, credits, and markets. A $30 million climate change adaptation project in the Central Highland and South-Central Coastal regions has been launched To address water insecurity, the project will support smallholder farmers whose income does not permit investment in climate resilience-enhancing inputs, technologies, or infrastructure to cope effectively with the impact of droughts, to directly address the need for investments in last-mile connections to the larger irrigation infrastructure invested by the …

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A canal dries up as a result of drought (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A climate change adaptation project has been launched to strengthen the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and the south-central coast. Financed with 30 million USD by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), it was launched by the United Nation Development Programme ( UNDP ) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on October 15, covering the five provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan. More than 500,000 people, of which more than 50 percent are women, will benefit directly and indirectly from this project, which will be implemented from 2021 to 2026. The project is designed to empower vulnerable smallholders in the target provinces - particularly women and ethnic minority farmers - to manage increasing climate risks to agricultural production by securing water availability, adopting …

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Pham Le Hung, external relations director of MVV Academy, receives an award the ceremony for announcement and recognition. — Photo courtesy MVV Academy MVV Entrepreneur Academy Corporation (MVV Academy) has recently received the award of Top 10 Vietnam ICT Enterprises 2021 in Edtech category. The award, which is given for businesses with outstanding growth in using technology for educational management and development by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA), aims to support the Vietnamese Government in forming 100,000 Vietnamese digital technology enterprises by 2030. Being well-known for providing technology solutions in education and professional training, MVV Academy’s mission is to support Vietnamese businesses to grow sustainably through capacity and workforce improvement. MVV’s network currently has more than 2,000 members and experts from various fields such as communications, marketing, business, human resources, and finance. To receive this …

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UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Việt Nam Terence D. Jones. — Photo courtesy of the UNDP UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Việt Nam, Terence D. Jones talks with Việt Nam News about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty reduction efforts on the International Day for Eradication of Poverty and National Day for the Poor (October 17) How has the pandemic affected the poverty reduction achievements in the world and in Việt Nam? A new analysis on global poverty released last week finds that 1.3 billion people are multidimensionally poor. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measures poverty by considering various deprivations experienced by people in their daily lives, including poor health, insufficient education, and a low standard of living. While complete data on the impacts of COVID-19 on the MPI are not yet available, the pandemic …

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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) provided an additional US$30 million as non-refundable assistance on October 15 to help regions in the southcentral and Central Highlands of the country deal with the negative impact of climate change. Delegates participate in the ceremony to kick off the project (Photo: sggp.org.vn) The funding is being channeled through the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with the aim to build roughly 1,200 ponds in order to adapt to climate change in the southcentral and Central Highlands regions. Moving forward, the project is anticipated to benefit local resident across five provinces, including Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan. Upon addressing the ceremony to kick off the project, Terence D. Jones, resident representative of the UNDP in Vietnam, emphasized that the UNDP has also recently deployed the GCF-funded US$30 million project to help 28 coastal …

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Terence D. Jones, UNDP Resident Representative to Việt Nam, speaking at the event on Friday. Photo provided by UNDP HÀ NỘI – A $30 million climate change adaption fund, provided by Green Climate Fund (GCF), has been launched to help small-scale agricultural businesses adapt to changes in water security caused by climate change. The launching event was jointly organised by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the authorities of five provinces: Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận. The 2021-2026 project will support more than 5,000 people with access to safe water resources, climate-resilient agricultural practices, and loans. At the event, Terence D. Jones, UNDP Resident Representative in Việt Nam, said “It is important to build resilience and to apply innovative and climate-resilient tools and practices to support poor and near-poor farmers in adapting to increasingly severe droughts, …

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The event, held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was attended by guests from Vietnamese and foreign agencies and organisations, experts in biodiversity conservation and students. Since Vietnam ratified the CBD on October 17, 1994, it has made great strides in nature and biodiversity conservation, including building a system of managerial agencies and a policy and legal framework on biodiversity, setting up nature reserves and implementing action plans to protect endangered fauna and flora species. The country has stepped up efforts in new biodiversity conservation issues like biological safety, access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources. Meanwhile, awareness of the importance of biodiversity to life and sustainable development has been improved. Vietnam boasts high biodiversity with various types of forests, swamps, rivers, streams and coral reefs, making it …

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