Vietnam
Emerging terribly damaged by war only 30 years ago, Vietnam has made a
remarkable recovery. After a decade of strong economic growth and poverty
reduction, it is on course to become a middle-income country by 2012. DFID has
been providing aid to Vietnam since 1992 and is now its second largest donor of
grant aid.
Find out more in Key facts: Vietnam.
DFID’s main challenges in Vietnam are:
- HIV/AIDS
- sanitation
- governance and corruption.
How we've helped
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How Vietnamese hill farmers discovered, with help from DFID, that they had just the product to cover the floors of environment- and style-conscious Western householders.
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Every day, 10,000 street vendors make their way into Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, but it’s a risky business. A DFID-backed experiment in Thanh Xuan district is trying to see if street trading can be adapted to the needs of a modern Asian city.
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A DFID project helped farmer Ngo Van Vung to build a water-filled ditch around his rice field. This enabled him to keep weeds down and aerate the soil with the fish he also raises.
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Life was tough for Nguyen Huu Tuong after he retired from the army. But now, because of a DFID project, bees and honey are providing the financial security that his family dreamed of for years.
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