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Vietnam Rural Industry Research and Development Institute

Welcome to the website of Vietnam Rural Industry Research and Development Institute (VIRI) – one of the leading science and technology organizations in the sustainable rural industry development in Vietnam. Established in 1997 by the Vietnam Association of Ethnology and Anthropology and certified for registration of science and technology operation by the Ministry of Science and Technology, VIRI supports the sustainable development of rural industries throughout 25 years.

Some of VIRI’s main activities include: Research and consultancy activities (Research, documentation and publishing, applied research activities), technology transfer, training activities and development activities in the community. Our mission is to maximize the knowledge attained from our research and development investments for the sustainable development of rural industries in Vietnam whilst protecting the environment.

During the past 25 years, VIRI has been focusing its efforts in improving the socio-economic conditions, and overall balance of rural and urban industrial activities, diversify rural income resources, promote sustainable production and consumption, especially through sustainable income generation activities which in turn, reduces the migration of labor from rural to urban areas as well as enhance the role of women in the family and society.

VIRI has  supported over 300 enterprises and cooperatives in a comprehensive way; 60,000 households have directly received benefit, of which 80% are women; 1,200 enterprises  have received training; 500,000 people have been trained in sustainable consumption practices; 70 technologies have been transferred; 1,200 media events have been conducted to raise awareness on important issues to do with VIRI’s mandate. The twenty new markets that VIRI has actively supported have induced positive impacts on sustainable production, influenced more efficient use of resources, mitigated the impacts of climate change, and greatly enhanced market connectivity. Many groups that have been directly supported by VIRI have become pioneers in running businesses themselves with environmental and social responsibility, and have made important contributions to sustainable socio-economic development in their localities.

VIRI has been working with more than 30 countries and international organizations in implementing different researches, development projects and policy advocacies across Vietnam and other countries in the ASEAN community.

VIRIis committed to the sustainable development of rural industries in Vietnam. In doing so, we have been cooperating with Vietnamese and International organizations to implementing different studies, appliedresearches, development projects/innitiavesand policy advocacies across Vietnam and other countries in the ASEAN community.

Thank you for your kind interest in VIRI

Director

Dr. Nguyen Bao Thoa

Ongoing projects
Support for Enhancing National capacity to Prevent and Reduce child labour in Vietnam (ENHANCE)
Time: 07/2021 – 02/2022 Donors: ILO
ILO / 07/2021 – 02/2022

Project objectives:

(1) To enhance the capacity of households/production facilities to benefit from e-commerce and improve their access to financial resources for production investment through direct consulting and organizing training courses.

(2) To raise awareness of child labor through providing appropriate intervention measures to improve income, working conditions, and documentation of economic development models that do not involve child labor in the community.
Research on the potential of Vietnamese herbs and herbal application to create sustainable livelihoods for forest-dependent communities.
Time: 2019 - 2022 Donors: VIRI OWNED RESOURCE
VIRI OWNED RESOURCE / 2019 - 2022

Research objectives:

(1) Research and documentation of strong herbal species in each provinces

(2) Review and documentation Vietnamese name, scientific name, usage, distribution, chemical composition

(3) To compile traditional processing methods, folk uses, and dosage.

(4) To compile the applications in medicines that have been published.
Discovering about typical culinary cultural values in tourism development in Gia Lai province
Time: 2020 - 2022 Donors: GIA LAI DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GIA LAI DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / 2020 - 2022

General objective: Discovering typical culinary cultural values in Gia Lai province, from which proposing solutions to exploit culinary cultural values in the tourism development in Gia Lai.
Promotion of supply and demand of Eco-Fair Agri-food processing products in Vietnam
Time: 04/2020 - 04/2023 Donors: THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE EUROPEAN UNION / 04/2020 - 04/2023

The Overall objective of project: To promote sustainable production and consumption of eco-fair agri-food processing products inVietnam, to contribute to the economic prosperity and

 
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS VALUE CHAINS IN HOA BINH, NGHE AN, QUANG TRI, AND QUANG NAM PROVINCES
Time: 05/2022 - 03/2024 Donors: DAI / UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)
DAI / UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) / 05/2022 - 03/2024

The overall objective of the proposal is to provide technical assistance for sustainable value chain development of medicinal plants to increase incomes for forest-dependent communities,
Empowering women and girls in order to respond and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sapa, Lao Cai province
Time: 01- 12/2023 Donors: UPS Foundation
UPS Foundation / 01- 12/2023

Starting from January 2023, VIRI will implement the project “Empowering Women and Girls for COVID-19 Recovery in Sapa, Lao Cai province”, sponsored by the UPS fund. The project will include the following main activities:

  • Enhancing the value of local products for ethnic minority women affected by COVID-19.
  • Conducting campaigns to raise awareness of women’s rights and combat human trafficking.
  • Establishing an online tourism model and connecting to online markets to cope with and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project will be implemented for one year, from January 2023 to December 2023, in collaboration with the Women’s Union of Sapa town.

Ongoing projects

125

Beneficiaries

50,000

Production team

217

Volunteers

25

Upcoming events

  • 11 2022
    EGYPT

    Eco Fair Project joins EU side event COP27

    Dr. Nguyen Bao Thoa, director of the Project “Promotion of supply and demand of Eco-Fair agri-food processing products in Vietnam” (Eco Fair project) (led by VIRI), will be speaker at the EU side event COP27 in Nov. 09, 2022 in Egypt: Recipes for change: how a sustainable food system can curb carbon emissions The event will show-case the role of circular economy approaches in curbing emissions along the food value-chain providing successful examples funded by the EU through its SWITCH regional programmes in Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean. Lastly, it will provide visibility to the implementation of the external dimension of the EU “From Farm to Fork Strategy” and the “EU Circular Economy Action Plan”. The event specific objectives are to highlight circular economy and other policy approaches that accelerate the transition of the agri-food value-chain to a low-carbon industry in partner countries; showcase examples of low-carbon agri-food enterprises (notably MSMEs) supported by the EU SWITCH regional programmes; and engage youth and the general public by promoting low-carbon nutrition and lifestyles. The Eco-Fair project is very active on these objectives and will share Vietnam experience on eco-fair promotion, which is expected to be a valuable contribution to this panel

  • 07 2022
    Gia Lai

    Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute(VIRI) defends the provincial scientific research “Understanding the typical culinary cultural values in the development of tourism in Gia Lai province”

    On July 20, 2022, Vietnam Rural Industry Research and Development Institute (VIRI) will organize the workshop and survey program to evaluate products of the project in order to complete the Provincial scientific research “Understanding typical culinary and cultural values in the development of tourism in Gia Lai province”. On the morning of July 20, 2022, a survey of fruit model (Pleiku) and traditional cuisine will be held at Mo Hra village, Kong Long Khong commune, Kbang district. In the afternoon of the same day, a workshop on “Evaluating 03 models: Food Night Market, Culinary Experience associated with Community Tourism, (Fruits) Beverage Experience ” will be held at Pleiku and Em Hotel ( address: 86 Nguyen. Van Troi, Pleiku city, Gia Lai province)

  • 05 2022
    BULGARIA, GREECE, GERMANY, FRANCE

    The Eco Fair project introduces products and promotes trade for businesses participating in fairs in Europe

    With the purpose of engaging, connecting trade; creating business opportunities and promoting trade between Vietnamese and European businesses, the Project “Promotion of supply and demand of eco-fair agri-food processing products in Vietnam (Eco-Fair project) will allocate staff to introduce products and promote trade for businesses participating in fairs in Europe. The list of 03 Fairs as follows: 1. Vietnam – EU Trade Promotion Exhibition “ECO-GREEN VIETNAM EXPO 2022” form May 26th to May 29th, 2022 in Bulgaria, and from May 31st to June 3rd, 2022 in Greece. 2. Organic fair “BIOFACH INTO ORGANIC” from July 26th to July 29th, 2022 in Nurnberg, Germany 3. International Food Industry Fair “SIAL PARIS” held from 15-19 October 2022 in Paris, France. The project invites businesses to register to participate under the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/duanEcoFair. For more information, please contact Eco-Fair project staff: Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Lan – Email: lan@viri.org.vn – Mobile: 0979 392171

Success Story

Ban Diem Cooperative

  Mrs. Lang Thi Hoa, group leader shared group members are happy when participating in the group. Currently, the production has higher output and sales are better, so as the income. The group products are now well known in the district, and have been introduced to many trade fairs and big events in and out…

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Eatu Fair Agricultural Service Cooperative

In 2014, Eatu Fair Agricultural Service Cooperative was established with the aim to support and provide raw materials and output consumptions channels for members. The activities of the cooperative includes: growing, producing, purchasing, coffee processing, fertilizer service, agricultural supplies service. The cooperative has 49 members, in which 90% are from Ede ethnic minorities. Eatu Fair…

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Eakiet Fair Agricultural Service Cooperative

Eakiet Fair Agricultural Service Cooperative was previously known as Eakiet Fair Trade Group. The group was founded on October 2008 and converted to a cooperative on March 2011. On the first step of formation, the cooperative has only 48 members, now the cooperative has 97 members in which 4 are of ethnic minorities, 44 are…

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Outstanding innovation in technique, design and marketing

Outstanding innovation in technique, design and marketing One recent innovation in their bamboo design has been perfecting the technique of making items that have “right angles”, including such things as boxes, trays, and baskets. The cooperative is also trained in how to dye their products naturally, and to use water-based paints, (safe paints that meet…

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The rejuvination of traditional craft production within the Co Tu ethnic group The Co Tu ethnic group is located in Doi Village, Thuong Lo Commune, Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue Province.

The rejuvination of traditional craft production within the Co Tu ethnic group The Co Tu ethnic group is located in Doi Village, Thuong Lo Commune, Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue Province. The sub-project has helped members of the cooperative to restore the traditional zeng and bamboo/rattan weaving of the Co Tu ethnic group. Sub-project:…

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The typical model on No child labour in Dương Lieu, Hoai Duc, Hanoi

After a period of work, the household enthusiastically coordinated to participate in the project and made obvious changes. Households have a clear awareness of child labor, comply with the law, do not use child labor, if there are 17-year-old workers, they will arrange suitable work, working time less than the normal employees. And don’t allow…

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