From November 12–15, 2025, the Eco Fair Program – “Development of Eco-Fair Women Businesses in Green and Circular Agriculture Sector in Vietnam (Eco-Fair Women Businesses)” will support WBs participate in FoodExpo 2025, held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City.
The participating WBs include Loc Phat Cooperative, Yuuki Farm Co., Ltd., Thai Thuy Co., Ltd., and Thuan Loi Phat Tai Co., Ltd.
These enterprises have been implementing good agricultural practices towards ecological, circular, and sustainable production models, contributing to enhancing product value and protecting the environment.
👉 We warmly invite everyone to visit, connect, and explore Eco Fair products at FoodExpo 2025!
With support of the Monetary Authorities Singapore (MAS) and the Gates Foundation AVPN is launching ImpactCollab; a marketplace platform providing access to verified charitable organisations, due diligence resources, and impact monitoring tools and this system aims to scale philanthropic capital deployment both domestically and globally. . Featuring a database of trusted impact organisations across Asia, ImpactCollab will lower the barrier to low risk and effective philanthropic giving.
On June 27 ImpactCollab will be launched publicly in the presence of ~250 invited guests. The platform itself will be presented and showcased, and a series of panels will be held to illustrate the inclusiveness, expansiveness and effectiveness of this new initiative.
Here is the expected agenda,
Session 1: Launch of the Governance Maturity Framework – a Collaboration between AVPN and SMU
Session 2: Bridging Finance & Impact: Powering Asia’s Changemakers – A Panel Discussion Among Impact Organisations and Networks, 30 minutes.
Moderator: Mr Alfred Poon, Director ImpactCollab
Panellists: Mrs Thoa Nguyen Bao – VIRI (Vietnam); Mr Romy Cahyadi, Interstellar (Indonesia); Mrs Vijaya Balaji – Social Lens (India); Mr Shiv Kumar – Catalyst Group (India)
Session 3: Perspectives on Philanthropy – a Conversation with Private Bankers and Private Bank Clients
The Gender and Development Department was established to enhance the role and status of women, promote gender equality, social justice, and contribute to the practical development of the local economy and society.
Key activities include:
Research and Publications: Research issues related to gender and family, society, and the natural environment, while considering the interaction of these issues through the application of interdisciplinary methods.
Capacity Building and Training: A series of capacity building and training activities are conducted in matters related to gender and development.
Intervention: Mainstream gender equality, promote institutional accountability to gender responsive governance and equitable development, lobby and advocate for rights and empowerment of women, promote gender responsive capacity building and institutional development in planning, programming, management, monitoring and evaluation.
