Vietnam is located in the tropical monsoon region and is one of the five storm hubs in the Asia-Pacific region. Each year, the country frequently faces various severe natural disasters. Over the past 30 years, the average number of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters is about 500 people per year; thousands are [...]
The household economy is an important component of Vietnam's economy. Since the Politburo issued Resolution No. 10/NQ-TW on April 5, 1988, on "Renovating Agricultural Economic Management," with the aim of liberating productive forces in agriculture and rural areas, transferring land and other means of production to farmers for long-term management and use, the farmers' households [...]
The document was compiled within the framework of the project "Enhancing Legal Knowledge and Legal Support to Ensure Land Rights Equality for Ethnic Minority Women." The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Bread for the World and INKOTA. Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and [...]
The Farmers´ Association Naturland e.V. is one of the world´s foremost organisations in the promotion of organic agriculture and is recognized as a non-profit organisation. The Naturland standards cover areas that are not governed by the EU organic regulation, such as social standards. The Partnerships Project between Naturland e.V. and the Vietnam Organic Agricultural Association [...]
Over the past two decades, numerous Resolutions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, National Assembly, and policy implementation documents of the Vietnamese Government regarding land issues with ethnic minority communities have been issued and implemented. The Land Law 2024 serves as a significant legal framework to institutionalize the orientations and directions [...]
EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING LAND EXCHANGE AND FOREST TRANSFER FOR ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES FROM STATE-OWNED AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY LAND FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO LOCALITIES On December 11, 2023, within the framework of the project "Enhancing Access to and Use of Land and Forests for Ethnic Minority Communities," funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented in Lao [...]
Introduction The Consultative Institute for Socio Economics Development for Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA) was established in 2000, is a Vietnamese non-governmental organization. CISDOMA is working in partnership with local people; organizations and government bodies to help poor people in Vietnam meet their basic needs as well as expand their opportunities to reach their full [...]
The project is funded by Bread for the World (BftW) and Action on Poverty (AOP) in Vietnam. The project has been approved for implementation by the People's Committee of Lai Chau Province under Decision No. 1644/QD-UBND dated December 13, 2022. The Center for Social and Economic Development Consultancy in Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA) is [...]
The project "Enhancing Income and Promoting Gender Equality for Ethnic Minority Communities in Que Phong District, Nghe An Province" is scheduled to be implemented from April 2023 to December 2026. From 2020 to 2022, CISDOMA Institute and the People's Committee of Quế Phong district successfully collaborated on the project "Enhancing Legal Knowledge and Legal Support [...]
Implementation Period: October 2021 to August 2025 Project Implementation Areas: Two communes in Kim Boi District, Hoa Binh Province, and Tram Tau District, Yen Bai Province. Project Purpose: Ecological agriculture contributes to building and maintaining sustainable landscapes and environmentally friendly livelihoods for impoverished ethnic minority communities in the area, aiming to reduce poverty in Northwest [...]
