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On 4 October 2016, VECO Vietnam welcomed colleagues from VECO Indonesia for a regional learning and reflection workshop on SCOPEinsight assessment tools. The tools, aimed at assessing and monitoring farmer organisations’ capacity and performance, have been used by all VECO offices across the network with the aim of enhancing the professionalism of partner farmer organisations.

To understand better how the rice programme with its strategy is aiming to help the rice farming in Vietnam currently, We carry out a brief in-house interview with Dr Minh Thi Thai – our Regional director, as well as Rice programme coordinator for Rikolto in Vietnam – about the meaning behind Rikolto Rice Value proposition.

Rikolto Rice Cluster works within rice value chains in 9 countries: Indonesia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Vietnam. Rikolto's rice sector staff in these 9 countries meet within the "Rice Cluster" to encourage peer-to-peer learning and monitoring across regions, and to seek knowledge exchange between partners and other rice sectors.

Integrated farming models, which combine rice cultivation and aquaculture (either fish or shrimp), have been implemented for decades in the Mekong Delta. This model enables the sustainable intensification of food production while diversifying income and decreasing farmers’ vulnerability to crop failure.

Inclusive business is key intervention strategy based on the ‘win-win plus’ principle. Rikolto and our implementing partners facilitate the participation of and strengthen the benefits for all partners involved in business relations.

We are currently looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Finance Intern based in the Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

We are currently seeking a qualified professional for the position of Project Officer for the project ‘Increasing fruit and vegetable intake of low-income populations in Vietnam and Nigeria through food system innovations’ for the period 2019-2021. The deadline to submit applications is 31 October 2018.

In July 2018, Hanoi’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Rikolto started a new collaboration to setup PGS for safe vegetables in various locations around Hanoi. Supported by the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation, this project aims to build evidence of the benefits of PGS in order to replicate the model across Hanoi.