Viet Nam
The Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2022–2026 sets out four priority areas below:
One Health is an integrated approach that ensures that specialists in multiple sectors work together to tackle health threats to animals, humans, plants, and the environment. This approach is important for national and global health security in implementing the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (2005) and the international standards in animal health, veterinary public health, zoonotic diseases, and animal welfare developed by the World Organization for Animal Health and to contribute to the 2030 Agenda. The CPF contributes to strengthening Viet Nam’s health, water, sanitation and hygiene and nutrition systems and ensures that all people, with focus on vulnerable groups, have equitable access to comprehensive, affordable, gender-responsive, climate-resilient, and environmentally sensitive services.
Priority 2. Climate change response, environment and natural resources management
With Viet Nam being one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change, FAO is working closely with the government and local communities to mitigate these intensifying impacts through improved water, soil and forest management, climate-smart agriculture, low-carbon farming practices, and disaster risk reduction and management. The CPF supports Viet Nam in implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions in the agriculture sector as well as local environmental and natural resources-related laws and regulations. Supplementary to the One Health approach, the improvement of soil and water health, especially through FAO’s Water Scarcity Programme for Asia-Pacific, coupled with the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System initiative. A key focus is disaster risk management as well as humanitarian aid interventions in response to disasters. To build sustainable responses, the CPF works to strengthen community preparedness, mitigation, resilience and recovery against disaster risks.
Priority 3. Food safety, sustainable production and consumption, and equitable livelihoods for all
The CPF is focussed on transforming food systems into safe, heathy, and sustainable production and consumption patterns that enhance affordability and ensure equal access for all, while contributing to food security and nutrition. By embracing innovations and generating evidence, FAO and partners are working to incentivize behaviour and policy changes as well as deliver sustainable results in agrifood systems transformation.
This means enhancing nature-positive food production systems through capacity development and enabling market systems which promote sustainable consumption patterns, while promoting climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry, agro-ecotourism and tools for agro-ecology development to realize equitable livelihoods. Increasing opportunities for equal livelihoods and value distribution also means realizing capacity development and income diversification for smallholder farmers, especially women, youth, and ethnic minority communities. To ensure smallholder farmers are not left behind, the CPF aims to build their capacity through the backstopping of cooperatives and associations, extension of inclusive business development services, as well as integration in agri-food value chains. Digital technologies will be promoted to support service delivery, quality assurance, traceability, and marketability of their products.
Priority 4. Governance, gender and persons with disabilities
To tackle social challenges that risk marginalizing vulnerable populations, the CPF aims to improve institutions and mainstream responsible and inclusive governance across all activities in Viet Nam. This work places a high priority on integrating FAO and partners’ activities that empower women, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities. This CPF strategic priority is cross-cutting and supports development of innovative, responsive, accountable, and transparent national systems to reflect the needs of vulnerable groups in national development initiatives, with a focus on rural and agriculture-reliant communities. Key tools to support these goals include effective data management, evidence-based and rights-based policies, planning and budgeting that supports sustainable agriculture development that encompasses both production and consumption.