Eatu Fair Agricultural Service Cooperative Address: Ko Tam Village, Eatu Commune, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province Donor : European Union (EU) Implementing Agency: Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) Project Duration: the year of 2014 – 2017 Coffee trees have long been present, existed, and developed in Buon Ma Thuot in…

From Chau Khe Commune center, it takes about 8 km of rough, rocky road to reach Diem Village; a remote border village home to over 100 households of Thai ethnic minority people. The local population mainly relies on the harvesting of non-timber forest products, making daily life extremely difficult. For the people here, bamboo and…

VIETNAM HANDICRAFT RESEARCH AND PROMOTION CENTRE (HRPC) HRPC creates economic opportunities for artisan groups in rural areas across Vietnam where livelihoods, communities, and craft traditions have been marginalised or are at risk of disappearing. We blend a passion for the deep-rooted cultures and handmade traditions of the Vietnamese people with a commitment to building profitable…

Research residency (6-20 December) of New for Old, a regional programme which provides new opportunities for female artisans and makers within the Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, British Council collaborate with Viri to implement the project. We are at Lao Chai, Lao Cai Province and Na Phon, Chieng Chau and Paco, Hoa Binh province studying authentic…

On December 22nd and 23rd, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, representing the research group from VIRI, has presented evaluation survey results on potential products for Nam Giang District, Quang Nam. These were results from the survey conducted to identify potential products in Nam Giang District back in November. This activity was conducted to discover and…

On Dec. 19, Mrs. Thoa, director of VIRI met Mr. Julian Lawsonm Mr. Hill Stefan Moser and Quan Nguyen who are working on a project for the EU Delegation to discuss and make recommendations on the new ARISE+ Programme, which will run from 2018 to 2022 and takes over from the EU-MUTRAP programme.  The aim…

Diem Village rattan team got third prize and most liked prize in “Innovation for sustainable poverty reduction competition through community effort”. In December 12, in Hanoi, the final round of “Innovation for sustainable poverty reduction through community effort” commenced with 10 teams competing. The competition is organized by National Office on poverty reduction (Ministry of…

The research group of Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) has conducted a survey from 07/03/2016 to 12/03/2016 in 6 districts of Nghe An Within the framework of the JICA project named Livelihoods diversification based on Heritage Tourism at villages of agriculture and aquaculture, the research group of Vietnam Rural Industries Research and…