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 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.

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.

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

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,

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.

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

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

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

Coordinator for International E-learning course

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

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

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

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

Set up national strategy

Local product development and market link

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

Set up national strategy

Local product development and market link

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

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

Advocate and enhance the role and rights of women

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Value chain development, market link for silk and hemp products

Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) and partner DBLP Company Limited (VNCPC); have that very great honour to receive grant from the AVPN for the project: “Commercial seaweed cultivation for career transition and climate change response in coastal provinces”. Implementation period of 2024 – 2025.

The project’s objective is to develop seaweed farms along the coast of Vietnam with high-tech seedling production, managed farming communities and cooperatives and appropriate cooperation from local authorities; to contribute to bringing positive impacts to society and the environment, creating job opportunities for local people, implementing circular production, and adapting to climate change.

VIRI is under the process of applying for approval letter for project’s implement in the provinces. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the AVPN for this grant and look forward to receiving support from ministries, localities and units so that the project can be effectively implemented.

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.

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

Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) and partners: Cleaner Production Company Limited (VNCPC); Gruppo Trentino di Volontariato ODV (GTV) have that very great honour to receive grant from the European Union Delegation to Vietnam for the project: “Development of Eco-Fair Women Businesses in Green and Circular Agriculture Sector in Vietnam”

The overall objective of the Action is to support women businesses in improving access to decent jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities for women and girls of all diversities in the green and circular agriculture sector

Time: from 2024 – 2027.

Expected implementation locations: Bac Kan, Ha Giang and Hoa Binh provinces.

VIRI is under the process of applying for approval letter for project’s implement in the provinces. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the European Union Delegation for this grant and look forward to receiving support from ministries, localities and women’s businesses so that the project can be effectively implemented.

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. –

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

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

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

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

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

Packaging design and market promotion at domestic and international trade fairs

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) is honor to cooperate with the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) to iimplement the project: “Supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to export through the guideline for verification of ‘Deforestation-free Commodity production‘ under EUDR regulations

The overall objectives are to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for exports and participation in global value chains (GVCs) through the development of guideline and capacity building for the implementation of deforestation-free agricultural commodity production, forest degradation to meet the trade requirements of agricultural products in the EU market as stipulated in the EUDR and in compliance with the provisions of Vietnamese law. The specific objectives are:

(i) Develop guideline for the implementation on deforestation-free agricultural commodity production meeting EUDR regulations;

(ii) Develop guideline for verification of deforestation-free agricultural products in the digital environment;

(iii) Support products and sectors with export potential as identified in the National Export Strategy until 2030

This project is belongs to The Innovation and Competitiveness Grant Facility (ICG Facility) of the SwissTrade programme, granted by the Swiss Government.

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

World Vision International (WVI) signed the framework contract with Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institutes (VIRI) on Sept. 13, 2024 for the consultant works relating to topic: “Developing local value chain and comprehensive market development”

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

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