Blog Archives: Vietnam

April 24, 2012 -

Le Thanh Hai, PREVENT's program coordinator in Vietnam, shares the snapshot of the field rice rat trade captured during rapid market mapping of district and commune markets in 11 provinces of the Mekong Delta Region.

The Mekong Delta Region is considered a hometown of rice field rats (Chuot Dong in Vietnamese). In the past, Chuot Dong meat was very cheap so there were few farmers who caught rats. But to-date, rat meat has become a special dish on the menu of many restaurants in the big cities of the Mekong.  More...

April 23, 2012 -

Cecile Lantican, MID-BCC Country Coordinator Lao PDR, was among the 200 people from around the world who attended the Sixth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA6) in Hanoi, Vietnam from April 16-20, 2012.

Like the highly pathogenic avian influenza and H1N1, climate change faces the challenge of how science and technology could be made available to and utilized by vulnerable and at risk communities so that they can manage and cope with the impact of adverse events.  

I was nominated by my office to attend the Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation in Hanoi, Vietnam. My part in this forum was to share the community-level communication approaches that were tested and found useful to help communities address pandemic threats and emergencies. More...