Thematic Areas
11/03/2019
In the morning of January 12 2019 at Big C Hue, the People’s Committee of A Luoi District and Central Group Vietnam (CGV) jointly launched a ceremony to introduce A Luoi indigenous banana, a product of community livelihood project in A Luoi district implemented by CGV with technical consultancy from Centre for Rural Development in […]
27/01/2019
Background After six years of negotiations, on 11 May 2017 Vietnam and the EU inttialled the text of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT), this marks the formal conclusion of the negotiations. VNFOREST is now working on the deailed design and guidance for the Organnization Classification System (OCS), an […]
01/01/2019
The project “Promoting the role of community-based organizations (CBO) and civil society organizations (CSOs) in biodiversity conservation in Central Annamites, Thua Thien Hue Province” will be implemented from 2018 to 2022 in the buffer zones of Bach Ma National Park (Nam Dong district) and Sao La Conservation Area (A Luoi district). The project was coordinated […]
A dialogue to discuss and listen to solutions from governmental agencies to enhance community’s participation in independent monitoring of the Vietnam’s Emission Reduction Programme (ER-P) was held in December 19 2018 in Hue City. An overview of the dialogue The dialogue was attended by 20 representatives of forest protection communities/groups in Huong Nguyen commune, […]
01/08/2018
Recently, the Youth’s Union of A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province in collaboration with the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam has introduced techniques of Ra Du rice cultivationin dry fields to the people in Huong Nguyen commune. Legend has it that given to the people by Giang and grown in mountain fields, […]
In the afternoon of May 10, 2018, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) and Central Group Vietnam took place at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry. The MOU signing ceremony between CRD Vietnam and Central Group This is an important co-operation aimed at […]
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc tells G20 int’l cooperation vital to climate change fight Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a strong plea for international cooperation in fighting climate change while addressing a panel discussion of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7. Leaders of G20, guest countries and international organisations pose for a […]
On 8-9 Agust 2017, precided over by both CRD and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 02 consultation workshops on “Promising livelihood models in the bufferzones of Nature Reserves and protected areas in Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam provinces” took place in Hue and Tam Ky. The workshops were within the “Livelihood needs assessment and […]
05/07/2017
The disease-free chicken raising model has helped the people in Thuong Nhat and Huong Loc communes change their livestock practices and reduce risks. These are positive signals showing the effectiveness of livelihoods development through the project loan funded by the Global Environment Facility in Vietnam (GEF) and the consultations from the Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam […]
On June 28th, 2016 at the 24/3 Square (Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province), the FLEGT Project in the central region in collaboration with HoChiMinh Communist Youth Union of Tam Ky city ogarnized painting festival on the theme of “Green forest dream”. Representing more than 14,000 local children and teenagers, 100 pupils and students from 24 primary and secondary […]
On May 6, a consultation workshop on regulations of credit fund management and utilization and on development of livelihood improvement models took place in Thuong Nhat and Huong Loc Communes, Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue Province. The workshop was held by Center for Environment and Community Development (CECoD) in collaboration with local authorities and […]
On 22 and 23 of March 2016 at Hue City, the FLEGT Project in the Central Region in collaboration with Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) and Consultative and Research Center on Natural Resources Management (CORENARM) hold a workshop to summarize the project activities in Year 2 and to plan for Year 3.