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    The Vietnam Institute of Research and Development for Rural Industries participated in the celebration of the National Day of the Republic of Bulgaria.
    7 March, 2023
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    4 March, 2023
    The project “Building capacity for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to implement sustainable production in Vietnam as continuation part of the EU Eco-Fair Project”
    3 February, 2023
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    18 January, 2023
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    • 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)

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Income generation for ethnic minority groups in Konplong district, Kon Tum province through bamboo & rattan development
Time: 2006-2007 Donors: OXFAM QUEBEC
OXFAM QUEBEC / 2006-2007

Supervising project process. Support the beneficiaries in marketing their final products by connecting them with the buyers and facilitate the business transaction. Training the beneficiaries on

Research on bamboo and bamboo handicraft enterprises in Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa and Bac Giang provinces
Time: 2007 Donors: OXFAM HONGKONG
OXFAM HONGKONG / 2007

Make a survey to all available handicraft enterprises in PhuTho, Nam Dinh provinces and propose the efficient usage of bamboo and the way to add value to current bamboo products in

E-learning on Exporting Agri-food Products in Major Global Markets
Time: 2008 Donors: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD) / 2008

Coordinator for International E-learning course

National Consultant on Livelihood Improvement, CIP FLITCH (Forest Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands)
Time: 2008-2010Local product development and market link, which mainly focus on NTFPs and traditional medicines in order to improve livelihood for people living near forest. Donors: GFA/TFF
GFA/TFF / 2008-2010Local product development and market link, which mainly focus on NTFPs and traditional medicines in order to improve livelihood for people living near forest.

Local product development and market link, which mainly focus on NTFPs and traditional medicines in order to improve livelihood for people living near forest.

Support the integration for victims of human trafficking through setting up a Craft Cooperative in Hai Duong province
Time: 2008-2011 Donors: GTV – ITALIA
GTV – ITALIA / 2008-2011

Advocate and enhance the role and rights of women

Survey on Bamboo Business Database
Time: 2008 Donors: PROSPERITY INITIATIVES / OXFAM HONGKONG
PROSPERITY INITIATIVES / OXFAM HONGKONG / 2008

Survey on 200 biggest bamboo processing and handicraft companies in Vietnam. Propose strategic working plan in bamboo industries with PI

Supports poor Muong ethnic people in improve income through making handmade paper
Time: 2008 Donors: CIDSE
CIDSE / 2008

Capacity building on production management, marketing, setting up development fund

Value chain study on Cassava, Acacia and Rattan in North-Central Region
Time: 2008 Donors: SNV
SNV / 2008

Study the current value chain as well as identifying the advantages, disadvantages of each stakeholders in the value as well as making recommendation. Organize dissemination

Income generation for disadvantage women in Cam Khe district, Phu Tho province through utilization of bamboo resource to make high value added bamboo & rattan wares, activate bamboo charcoal.”
Time: 2007-2009 Donors: THE FORD FOUNDATION
THE FORD FOUNDATION / 2007-2009

Supervising project process. Support the beneficiaries in marketing their final products by connecting them with the buyers and facilitate the business transaction. Training the beneficiaries on

Master planning on rural crafts in combination with material areas in Vietnam
Time: 2009 Donors: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD) / 2009

Make in-depth research on rattan, bamboo, silk, ceramics, palm leaves, … . Conduct field study, synthesising results and writing final master plan on rural craft in combination with material areas

Promoting rural industries in four North West provinces
Time: 2009-2010 Donors: JICA
JICA / 2009-2010

Local product development and market link

National strategy for handicraft export for Vietnam during 2011-2015
Time: 2010 Donors: JICA
JICA / 2010

Set up national strategy

Promoting rural industries in four North West provinces
Time: 2009-2010 Donors: JICA
JICA / 2009-2010

Local product development and market link

Eco-town in Hoi An
Time: 2011-2012 Donors: UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO)
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO) / 2011-2012

Baseline survey, in-depth survey and analytical report on eco-town

Specialties development in Đường Lâm”
Time: 2011-2012 Donors: JICA
JICA / 2011-2012

Improve the packaging, branding for specialty products of Duong Lam such as: peanut candy, Doi candy, rice wine, soy paste….

Community Based Tourism for ceramics village, traditional folk song villages and Food processing village in Bac Ninh province
Time: 2010-2012 Donors: THE ASIA FOUNDATION
THE ASIA FOUNDATION / 2010-2012

Mainstreaming of gender equality in project activities. Working on cultural issues and writing introduction books

Community Based Tourism in Khe Ro natural forest in Bac Giang province
Time: 2010-2012 Donors: GTV
GTV / 2010-2012

Consultant in community based tourism, local product development, including valuable local traditional medicine research and market-link

Green Trade and Production to increase income through identifying the best practices relating labor, productivity and working conditions in order to set up training manual and raise awareness for SMEs in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Hoa Binh and Phu Tho provinces
Time: 2010-2013 Donors: ILO
ILO / 2010-2013

Consultant in best practices identification and documentation, awareness raising, consulting with different stakeholders and SMEs in different fields

Household Economic Development Component under the Action Plan for Preventing Child Labor in Lao Cai Province
Time: 2013 Donors: ILO
ILO / 2013

Improve the opportunities for economic development. – Training on gender and women’s rights. – Improve the capacity of community tourism for the local. – Promote local sales. –

 

Making green & healthy incenses & candles
Time: 2011-2013 Donors: IPP
IPP / 2011-2013

Trial production, branding and marketing, mass production, capacity building

Improve voices of women in decision making process at village and commune levels
Time: 2011-2014 Donors: ICCO
ICCO / 2011-2014

Women empowerment, economic development for local women including developing natural traditional medicine to serve for local and outside market’s need

Component of Household Economic Development under the Action Plan for Child Labor in Ha Noi
Time: 2014 Donors: ILO
ILO / 2014

Training for group in planning for business by participatory methods, Product design, Support for pilot production of new models, Trade promotion

Improve voices of women in decision making process at village and commune levels
Time: 2011- 2014 Donors: ICCO
ICCO / 2011- 2014

Women empowerment, economic development for local women including developing natural traditional medicine to serve for local and outside market’s need

Land Allocation in Quang Tri
Time: 2013-2015 Donors: ICCO
ICCO / 2013-2015

To enhance the forest land right access and land ownership for poor farmers through the development of non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

Model development for economic development and forest preservation
Time: 2014- 2015 Donors: UBND HUYỆN TÂY GIANG, MALTESER
UBND HUYỆN TÂY GIANG, MALTESER / 2014- 2015

To create sustainable income for households through the introduction of models for economic development and forest preservation

National consultancy to support Quang Tho cooperative No.2 in Quang Dien district with marketing, branding and packaging of Centella Asiatica vegetable (Rau Ma)
Time: 2015 Donors: LUX
LUX / 2015

Research the current market and business potential, develop branding for Quang Tho Cooperative

The Supporting craft village
Time: 2015 Donors: UPS
UPS / 2015

Capacity building workshops for craft villages and social enterprises, promote trade

National strategy for handicraft export for Vietnam during 2011-2015
Time: 2011-2015 Donors: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD) / 2011-2015

Set up national strategy

Consultancy to develop forest leaves tea in Cù Lao Chàm
Time: 9/2016 - 11/2016 Donors: JICA
JICA / 9/2016 - 11/2016

Surveying, rapid assessment of Cham island tea leaves, designing the packaging for products.

 

Development of Silk and Hemp value chain in Hoa Binh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces
Time: 2013-2016 Donors: SDC (SWISS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION)
SDC (SWISS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION) / 2013-2016

Value chain development, market link for silk and hemp products

Rattan and Bamboo development in Nghe An province
Time: 2011- 2016 Donors: OHK & SDC
OHK & SDC / 2011- 2016

Value chain development, market-link for rattan & bamboo as well as other NTPF products, including traditional medicine.

Market support for Vietnamese products to EU market
Time: 2016 - 2017 Donors: BTC, BELGIUM
BTC, BELGIUM / 2016 - 2017

Packaging design and market promotion at domestic and international trade fairs

Promoting fair trade in Vietnam
Time: 2014 - 2017 Donors: EUROPEAN UNION (EU)
EUROPEAN UNION (EU) / 2014 - 2017

Fair trade philosophy, market link for local products, international certification.

Study on orange related products development in Con Cuong district, Nghe An province
Time: THÁNG 8/2016 ĐẾN THÁNG 2/2017 Donors: JICA
JICA / THÁNG 8/2016 ĐẾN THÁNG 2/2017

Provide guidance for participated households on methods of care, harvest and processing of orange products such as orange wine, orange essential oil, orange syrup, sugared oranges in household size.

Study on local specialties development in Nam Dan District, Nghe An Province
Time: 11/2016 - 3/2017 Donors: JICA
JICA / 11/2016 - 3/2017

Conserve and sustainably develop local specialties in Nam Dan District, Nghe An Province

Crafting Futures
Time: 2017-2018 Donors: BRITISH COUNCIL
BRITISH COUNCIL / 2017-2018

Crafting Futures is a British Council global programme supporting the development of sustainable craft industries. In Vietnam, Crafting Futures will achieve its aim by working to connect

Improve women’s rights through improvement of economic power, in Sapa district, Lao Cai province
Time: 2017-2018 Donors: UPS
UPS / 2017-2018

The project aims to supports local women in economic empowerment through different models of handicraft production, essential oil and natural soap production and Vegetable & Fruits

Livelihood Diversification through Heritage Tourism in Remote Agricultural and Fishery Villages
Time: 2016-2018 Donors: JICA
JICA / 2016-2018

Development of local specialties development in Nam Dan and Con Cuong districts, Nghe An province. Preserve and develop Vi Dam traditional folk song and link with tourist. Support for tourist

Developing community tourism based on heritage site at Bau Truc Village, Phuoc Dan Town, Ninh Phuoc District, Ninh Thuan Province Project
Time: 2018 - 2019 Donors: BRITISH COUNCIL
BRITISH COUNCIL / 2018 - 2019

Project helps preserving the heritage site, creating job opportunities and additional income for local people, building pride for the community for their local heritage, training younger

Developing community tourism based on heritage site at Mo Hra Village, Kong Long Khong commune, Kbang District, Gia Lai Province Project
Time: 01/2019 - 12/2019 Donors: BRITISH COUNCIL
BRITISH COUNCIL / 01/2019 - 12/2019

Project helps preserving the heritage site, creating job opportunities and additional income for local people, building pride for the community for their local heritage, training younger

PROMOTION OF ONE VILLAGE ONE PRODUCT (OVOP) IN VIETNAM
Time: 2018 - 2020 Donors: OVOP OITA JAPAN
OVOP OITA JAPAN / 2018 - 2020

VIRI in collaboration with OVOP Oita Japan to promote local specialties and market link for agricultural products.

Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam
Time: 2/2019 - 3/2020. Donors: ILO
ILO / 2/2019 - 3/2020.

Vietcraft and VIRI is the project implementing agency in the field of supporting livelihood improvement for households with children who are beneficiaries of the project.

Improving the rights and position of women through developing community tourism in Chieng Yen Commune, Van Ho District, Son La Province Project.
Time: 6/2019 - 6/2020 Donors: UPS
UPS / 6/2019 - 6/2020

Improving the rights and position of women through developing community tourism in Chieng Yen Commune, Van Ho District, Son La Province.

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION FOR LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Time: 9/2019 - 9/2020 Donors: USAID
USAID / 9/2019 - 9/2020

The overall goal is to promote sustainable production and consumption of local products to enhance biodiversity conservation, and the expected result is to improve livelihoods for

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.

Advancing environmentally responsible business for the Coffee sector and Fruit & Vegetable sector in Viet Nam
Time: 10/2020 -11/2021 Donors: CHƯƠNG TRÌNH PHÁT TRIỂN LIÊN HỢP QUỐC (UNDP)
CHƯƠNG TRÌNH PHÁT TRIỂN LIÊN HỢP QUỐC (UNDP) / 10/2020 -11/2021

General purpose of the project: The purpose of the proposal is to promote environmentally responsible business practice in Viet Nam.

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