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Investment in public infrastructure has been one of the key driving forces for Vietnam’s economic development over recent decades. Infrastructure accounted for 53% of total Official Development Assistance (ODA) received between 2010-2017. Vietnam has heavily invested in transportation, particularly roads, airports, and seaports. Vietnam’s public ...

“Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is the third-largest delta on Earth and home to nearly 18 million people, whose livelihoods rely mainly on agricultural and aquacultural production. Considered the “Rice Bowl” of Vietnam, the Delta supports more than half of the country’s total rice production and 95% ...

“Vietnam is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. S-shaped with a 3,440 km coastline, its unique geographic location in the monsoon belt of Southeast Asia and diverse topography means that Vietnam suffers from many different types of natural hazards, including typhoons, tropical ...

Open Development Vietnam (ODV) and members of Open Development Mekong have released a five-language poster on “9 tips to stay safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic”.ODV would like to disseminate this document broadly to internet and technology users and especially those in remote areas, and ...

“In Vietnam, ethnic minorities are supported by a network of non-governmental organizations, known as “civil society”. Civil society includes international non-governmental organizations, Vietnamese mass organizations, Vietnamese umbrella organizations, Vietnamese NGOs, community-based organizations, and professional organizations, although professional organizations work rarely related to ethnic minority issues. ...

“The Vietnamese Government recognizes 53 ethnic minorities. Most ethnic minorities inhabit remote areas of Vietnam and have their own belief systems which are heavily tied to land.The Government has introduced a system of policies to incorporate ethnic minorities in the national development process, amounting to ...

Open Development Vietnam (ODV) has recently published a topic page titled “Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam” to inform an overview of measures taken by the Vietnamese government to combat COVID-19, as well as the economic, social and environmental impacts of the pandemic.The topic ...

All land and the natural resources found under or on it is owned by the people through the state in Vietnam. However, the state recognizes long-term, alienable usage rights over both land and resources. Those with these usage rights in forest land are known as ...

Vietnam’s population had reached 95.5 million people in 2017, which was the largest in the Mekong region. Vietnam has a young population, however the era of the  “golden population” is estimated to end by 2040, with people aged 15 to 24 currently accounting for 70% ...

Vietnam ranks the fifth in climate risk in the Global Climate Risk Index for 2018 and eighth in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index (CRI). Having 3,260 km of coast line, rising sea levels definitely create a big impact on Vietnam. According to the Inter-Governmental Panel on CC ...