Viet Nam
Vietnamese youth drive innovation for a sustainable food future
20/01/2026
The "Youth Innovations for a Better Food Future" event was held in Thai Nguyen, Viet Nam to mark the World Food Day 2025 and FAO’s 80th anniversary. The forum focused on youth-led solutions for sustainable agrifood systems. The event reinforced a shared commitment to transforming Viet Nam’s food systems through fresh ideas and collaborative action.
Smart Farming for Future Generations in Viet Nam
15/04/2025
By optimizing over 30 greenhouses including three nurseries, encompassing a total greenhouse area of 38 472 square meters, the project “Smart Farming for the Future Generation” has significantly contributed to sustainable agriculture, improved livelihoods, and environmental conservation.
Anticipatory Action in Viet Nam: Stepping up for drought-hit Ca Mau
25/11/2024
Amid an intensifying drought and saltwater intrusion crisis in the Mekong Delta, Anticipatory Action Protocol for Drought was activated. This intervention delivered cash distribution combined with sensitization on effective management of water to families under pressure.
Viet Nam Digital Village Initiative
19/01/2024
This video is showcasing the the benefits of digital agricultural practices for smallholder farmers livelihoods in Viet Nam and how FAO Viet Nam supporting the Government at district and communal levels to improve market linkages, provide digital public services, e-commerce platforms, traceability, and value addition for agriculture products.
Simulating anticipatory actions to save lives and livelihoods in Viet Nam
06/03/2023
During the three days before Typhoon Noru made landfall near Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri provinces, the FAO team distributed cash and waterproof drums to store food and agricultural assets (seeds, tools) to vulnerable communities. FAO also assisted them to move their livestock to locations safe from typhoon-induced flooding.
World Food Day 2022: Message from the Director-General of FAO
19/10/2022
World Food Day 2022 aims to launch a powerful call for action and global solidarity to transform food systems, promote inclusive economic growth, address inequality, increase resilience, and achieve sustainable development.
World Food Day 2022
19/10/2022
We are all connected. There are approximately eight billion people on this planet, and we share a common food system. Conflict, disease, inequality, climate change, and rising food and fuel prices all threaten food security by denying and limiting access to nutritious, affordable food. We need to build a sustainable world where no one is left behind.
Simulating livestock evacuations to save livelihoods
20/09/2022
Through the community consultation process, livestock evacuation has been selected as one of the key anticipatory actions to be taken ahead a typhoon strikes, with the aim to safeguard livelihoods, build resilience to future shocks, and ease pressure on strained humanitarian resources.
Rabies: Zero by 2030
28/09/2021
We encourage a ‘Call to Action’ from the Government, particularly at the local level, to prioritize and increase resources for the management of dog populations, the vaccination of dogs, and provision of post exposure prophylaxis for those bitten by dogs.
Handle antimicrobial with care
20/11/2020
The video highlights benefits of good farming practices which can help farmers to protect their livestock health in the long run and emphasize health dangers of overuse of antimicrobials.
Be antimicrobial smart with right disease, right dose and right application
20/11/2020
The video calls the public to engage in the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and ensure their stewardship on antimicrobials including antibiotics for long term benefits and effectiveness.
Selling antibiotics with prescription Vietnamese
20/11/2020
The video explains risk of antibiotic resistance in livestock production, roles of veterinary drug store owners and antibiotic sellers in mitigating the risk.
Be antibiotic smart in livestock production: Responsible use of antibiotics
20/03/2020
The video explains the risk of antibiotic resistance in livestock production, roles of veterinary drug store owners in mitigating the risk.
Be antibiotic smart, get better profit: Selling antibiotics with prescription
20/03/2020
The video promotes benefits of using antibiotics wisely and good farming practices which can help farmers to protect their livestock health in the long run.
Vaccinate to eliminate rabies in Viet Nam
24/09/2019
Pawin Padungtod, FAO ECTAD Senior Technical Coordinator and Satoko Otsu, WHO Team leader of Health emergency and Communicable Diseases, emphasize importance of rabies vaccination to eliminate rabies in both dogs and humans.
Response to rumours on African Swine Fever (ASF) treatment in Viet Nam
03/09/2019
Pawin Padungtod, FAO ECTAD Senior Technical Coordinator, explains that the current rumours on fermented distiller’s grains can improve health of ASF infected pigs and probiotic can prevent ASF infection are not true.
Importance of forestry for family farmers in Viet Nam
10/07/2019
On the occasion of the launch of the UN Decade of Family Farming, Vu Le Y Voan, former Vice Director of the International Cooperation Department, Viet Nam National Farmers Union, describes the importance of forestry for family farmers in the country.
Celebrating 40 years of FAO in Viet Nam
01/11/2018
The clip has provided the basic information of main FAO activities, contribution and results for each decades, the FAO’s priorities areas to support agriculture and rural development of Viet Nam for the period of 2017 – 2021.
Viet Nam Information Animal Health System
28/08/2018
The Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Viet Nam has worked closely with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to develop the Viet Nam Information Animal Health System (VAHIS). The system aims at quick response to animal disease outbreaks, minimize economic loss and public health threats.
Viet Nam Country Statement, FAO APRC 34, 2018
25/05/2018
This video presents the Country Statement to the 34th Session of the FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference (APRC 34, 9-13 April 2018, Fiji) by the Viet Nam Head of Delegation, Chuong Van Chu.