Author Archives: crdvietnam
04/09/2025
Dear partners, donors, readers, and colleagues, The year 2024 continued to mark major global upheavals, including severe natural disasters driven by climate change, wars, political and trade conflicts, alongside environmental degradation and resource depletion. These events have impacted every aspect of human life, especially for vulnerable communities—not only slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals […]
03/09/2025
In Central Vietnam, where a vast area of natural forest remains degraded, finding solutions that simultaneously restore forest ecosystems and generate sustainable livelihoods for local communities is a complex challenge. The Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD)—a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University—has been addressing this issue […]
04/08/2025
In Can Te village, Hong Thuong commune, A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, the name Ho Van Thang is highly familiar to the local people. He is not just a farmer, but also a pioneer in rural economic development, and an exemplary individual of overcoming adversity to master one’s own life. Despite living with […]
04/08/2025
In the spectacular Truong Son mountain range, the mountainous forests of A Luoi district serve as a “green treasure” harboring rich natural values and precious indigenous knowledge, with hundreds of rare medicinal plant species. For generations, medicinal plants such as Paris polyphylla, Fibraurea tinctoria, and Stephania rotunda have been closely intertwined with the lives of the […]
04/08/2025
Amidst the lush green forests of Doi Village, Thuong Lo Commune, Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue Province, there is a small yet deeply inspiring story about the transformation and advancement of an ethnic minority woman. Ms. Ho Thi O Mai, an active member of the Doi Village forest management household group, has never imagined […]
10/07/2025
💥The Summer School 2025 officially kicks off in Hue! With a strong commitment to empowering the next generation in sustainable agriculture and natural resource protection, the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University has launched the Summer School 2025 themed “Empowering the Future: Transforming Agroforestry for […]
25/06/2025
This past April, the Central Vietnam Center for Rural Development (CRD), under the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, was honored to welcome Ms. Keiko Nagano – Senior Program Manager, and Ms. Karin L. E. Arlbrandt – Senior Advisor on Gender and Rights. Both guests represented WWF Sweden. Also participating in the meeting was Mr. […]
13/06/2025
On June 7, 2025, at Meeting Room 4 of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), in collaboration with the Youth Union of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, successfully organized a seminar entitled “Book Introduction and Information Sharing on Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Protection.” The main […]
12/06/2025
On June 7, 2025, at Meeting Room 4 of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, the Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), in collaboration with the Youth Union of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, successfully organized a seminar entitled “Book Introduction and Information Sharing on Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Protection.” The main […]
15/05/2025
In an effort to enhance local livelihoods and promote the sustainable management of forest resources and biodiversity, a strategic collaboration has been established among key stakeholders in Phu Loc District, Hue City. This partnership is grounded in a Memorandum of Understanding and recent stakeholder engagement meetings, involving the NADO Agricultural Medicinal Plant and Service Cooperative […]
08/05/2025
On April 12, 2025, the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, organized a field workshop at the medicinal plant nursery in A Tia 1 village, Hong Kim commune, A Luoi district. The event was held within the framework of the project “Promoting the Conservation of Indigenous […]
18/04/2025
In March 2025, the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD), University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, convened a progress review meeting for the project “Promoting the Conservation of Indigenous Medicinal Plants Associated with Livelihood Improvement for Ethnic Minority Women in Mountainous Areas” covering the period from October 2024 to February 2025. The […]