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Vietnam
EXAMPLES OF OUR IMPACT
- USAID helped reach 5,000 farmers in the Central Highlands with cocoa seedlings and production training. The introduction of this new high-value crop is increasing the income of some of the country’s poorest people.
- A USAID-supported pilot methadone program has more than tripled the number of drug addiction treatment sites, from 6 to 20, in one year.
- USAID helped refurbish 25 kindergartens and train 125 teachers to help ethnic minority children get a good start in school.
USAID/VIETNAM SITE
vietnam.usaid.gov
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mission Director
Francis A. Donovan
15/F, Tung Shing Tower
2 Ngo Quyen Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 844-3935-1260
Fax: 844-3935-1265
Vietnam Desk Officer
Michael Anderson
Tel: (202) 712-5739
Email: micanderson@usaid.gov
A team of technicians collects soil samples as part of a USAID-supported effort to clean up Agent Orange/dioxin at Danang airport. (Photo: Diana Shannon/USAID)
Overview
Vietnam, a nation of 87 million people, is playing a greater role in East Asia’s growth and development. Vietnam’s efforts to become more globally integrated have contributed to annual economic growth rates of 6 percent since 2000, enabling the country to reduce poverty by one-third. Vietnam is one of the world’s most rapidly reforming economies but still faces significant development challenges. These include limited access to quality health care services, particularly by vulnerable and minority populations, continued outbreaks of avian influenza, and the challenges of running an increasingly sophisticated economy while developing legal, regulatory, and capital market systems that meet global standards.
USAID activities are helping to accelerate Vietnam’s transition to an open, market-based economy; develop capacities to mitigate the harmful effects of HIV/AIDS and avian and pandemic influenza; improve access to quality higher education; improve vulnerable groups’ access to services; address war legacy issues; and ensure that good governance progresses along with economic and social development. Since 2000, USAID has provided $413 million in assistance to Vietnam.
Programs
Governing Justly and Democratically
USAID supports Vietnam’s efforts to strengthen the rule of law and improve economic governance. This includes assisting Vietnam in establishing a transparent justice system that is independent of politics, protects human rights, and incorporates international best practices. USAID's support to the Government of Vietnam also aims to increase the awareness and protection of workers’ rights, the independence and capacity of the legislature, transparency in law making, access to information, and accountability. USAID promotes access for citizens and businesses to government services, effective public participation and oversight, and improved governance at the local level. The goal is to encourage an environment that allows citizens, businesses, and investors to benefit from increasingly open, transparent, and effective laws and governance practices.
Investing in People: Health, Education, and Social Services
Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), USAID, in close collaboration with the Government of Vietnam and civil society organizations, manages large-scale activities to prevent HIV/AIDS, as well as to treat and care for people living with the disease. In addition, USAID provides significant funding and technical support to prevent, detect, and respond to avian and pandemic influenza.
USAID developed an anti-trafficking program that provides support for women's shelters and labor trafficking prevention and also enhances central-level policy support. In addition, USAID is implementing programs for poor and ethnic minorities living in the Central Highlands to provide greater access to social services, education, and economic opportunities.
USAID helps provide better access to education, health care, employment, and social services for people with disabilities by supporting the development of a disability law and the National Action Plan for Disability. USAID also addresses health issues for people with disabilities around dioxin-contaminated hotspots near the Danang airport. In higher education, USAID is working with the private sector to improve the quality of high-demand university engineering programs.
Economic Growth and Environment
USAID supports Vietnam's efforts to transform its policy and legal system and develop the capacity to administer an open market economy. It encourages the private sector's competitiveness through a wide range of initiatives, including helping with the development of the capital market and promoting effective economic policies. USAID collaborated with the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry to produce the Provincial Competitiveness Index, which stimulates provincial and local government reforms that are conducive to private sector growth.
Improved infrastructure has been identified by the private sector as crucial in attracting private investment and fostering economic growth. USAID supports the Ministry of Planning and Investment to pilot public-private partnership infrastructure projects. USAID is also collaborating with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to develop a new investment fund to finance infrastructure projects. USAID has helped encourage a high-value cocoa industry in the Central Highlands to boost incomes among marginalized populations. USAID is also conducting a large-scale activity to clean up Agent Orange/dioxin contamination at the Danang airport.
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