Latest news

First Rain Forest Alliance Certificate granted to Pepper Project in Vietnam

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:15:35 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

Sustainable Pepper Production workshop and RA Certificate Awarding Ceremony were held by SNV and its partner Simexco company in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak province.

View from the field: Scaling is not about money

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:07:59 +0000

Region:

World

Program:

IIAS

Country:

Ethiopia, Vietnam

How can capacity development services support the growth of social enterprises? Lucia Nass finds out...

Second call for proposals by Vietnam Business Challenge Fund

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:47:07 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

The Vietnam Business Challenge Fund (VBCF) – a seven million pound programme supported by the UK Aid, officially announced its second call for proposals today.

Training course on silviculture techniques in Ha Tinh

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:25:49 +0000

Program:

REDD+

Country:

Vietnam

A training course on silviculture techniques for sustainable forest recovery and forest management was organised by ENRICH project in collaboration with Ke Go Nature Reserve in Ha Tinh from May 9 to May 13. The event was attended by technical staff of the Reserve and local farmers.

Time to Harvest The Seeds of Change

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:03:55 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

The Sowing the Seeds of Change Community based Climate Change Mitigation through Sustainable Rice Production (SRI) has completed its first Winter-Spring crop in Quang Binh and Binh Dinh province. The project aims to increase the resilience of small holder rice farmers through improved rice production techniques, market linkages and rice residue management that will result in increased income for farmers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice production systems. To date, the project has achieved promising results:

SNV and Minh Phu Seafood Company sign agreement to promote eco-shrimp

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:23:47 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

The SNV REDD+ Mangroves and Market project (MAM) is promoting the eco-shrimp, which adhere to Naturaland standards. This is being introduced in Nhung Mien Forest Management area in Ca Mau Province.

Three Fast Track Coffee Projects Ready to Start

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

Three fast track projects have been approved as part of the Sustainable Coffee Programme (SCP) in Dak Lak province.

First Vietnamese gold standard project celebrates its first issuance of VER's

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:09:47 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

February 26, 2013 marked a special milestone for the Biogas Programme for Animal Husbandry Sector in Vietnam as the Gold Standard announced their approval of the issuance of 510,952 Voluntary Emissions Reduction credits to the Programme.

The STWG on Local Implementation

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:23:16 +0000

Country:

Vietnam

Last week the Sub-Technical Working Group gathered at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to discuss issues on REDD+ Local Implementation. The meeting on the 8th of January 2013 was held to share information across REDD+ pilot projects between local and national levels.

SNV presents @ COP 18 side-event

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:40:14 +0000

Region:

Asia

Country:

Vietnam

SNVs extensive work on costing approaches to pro-poor REDD+ was recently presented at a side event hosted by IIED at COP 18 by Adrian Enright (SNV REDD+ Advisor). The presentation focused on SNVs work on measuring the opportunity costs of REDD+ and the costs associated with establishing pro-poor approaches to benefit sharing (see our latest publications on Benefit Distribution Systems here).