In 2004, the Bang La village was protected from the worst effects of a catastrophic tsunami by their 192-hectare mangrove forest. Recognizing the importance of this natural habitat for disaster risk reduction, Bang La community residents formed an association to advance the protection of mangroves through co-management, community dialogues, and education programmes, enabling them to resist the expansion of urban middle-class housing developments into the publicly owned land. The community has secured a Memorandum of Understanding from the provincial government, which provides them with the rig...

This guideline has been developed in line with the Fisheries Law No.18/2017/QH14, Decree No.26/2019/ND-CP, Decision No.3224 / QD-UBND dated November 22, 2018 of the People’s Committee of Binh Thuan province, with the support from UNDP/GEF SGP to the project “Promoting empowerment and capacity building for local communities in management, protection and sustainable use of marine resources contributing to conservation of coastal ecosystem in Ham Thuan Nam district, Binh Thuan province.” (VNM/ICCA-GSl/2017/02). This project has been implemented by Binh Thuan Fisheries Association since Marc...

The project "Developing the community-based plastic waste management in coastal areas of Ha Long Bay Quang Ninh province" (VNM/SGP/OP6/Y4/CORE/2019/06) has been implemented by Quang Ninh Provincial Farmers' Association since December 2019. The project is aimed at mobilizing all communities living in the coastal areas of Ha Long Bay to participate voluntarily and actively in collecting plastic waste and mitigating environmental pollution from plastic waste in Ha Long Bay; consequently protecting the human health and the Ha Long Bay ecosystem. Specific project activities include: - Rais...

The project "Developing the community-based Artemia production supporting climate change adaptation in coastal areas of Hoa Binh district, Bae Lieu province" (VNM/SGP/OP6/Y 4/CORE/2019/05) has been implemented by Bac Lieu Provincial Youth's Union for 30 months since October 2019. The project is aimed at exploiting, using sustainably and effectively coastal salt water ecosystems in adaptation to climate changes through the development of sustainable community-based Artemia farming model, making suitable cultivation arrangements in the available area of individual households, laying the backgr...

The project "Development of community-based model of male shrimp-rice cultivation in the Northern area of Highway 1A, Bac Lieu province" (VNM/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/2017/1) has been implemented by Bac Lieu Fisheries Association since May 2018. The project is aimed at developing a community-based model of shrimp-rice cultivation in order to improve productivity of and economic benefits from the shrimp-rice cultivation. In addition, the project will conduct training activities and transfer of advanced techniques, specifically training on FFS-based production model for 300 farmers, TOT for 20 farmers a...

The project "Promoting sustainable value chains in rice-shrimp production in Bae Lieu province" (VNM/SGP/OP5/Y9/STAR/2019/04) is implemented by Bac Lieu Fisheries Association for 24 months since October 2019. The project is aimed at building a sustainable value chain in shrimp-rice production in order to minimize risk and increase income for single farmers, producer groups and small cooperatives in two districts of Hong Dan and Phuoc Long. This will then help to improve efficiency and share benefits from the value chain, consequently sustain the shrimp-rice production in Bac Lieu province. Sp...