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Rikolto received a Certificate of merit from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) for its significant contributions to Vietnam's sustainable development in 2021.

On July 9, 2021, Ha Nam Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference titled "Publishing the guiding documents for the system to jointly ensure quality assurance (PGS) for safe vegetables in the province."

Since 2018, Rikolto’s project "Increasing fruits and vegetables intake for low-income populations in Vietnam through food system innovations" (FVN) has been implemented in four wards of Van Chuong, Hang Bot (Dong Da district), Bien Giang, and Dong Mai (Ha Dong district).

From March 2021 to present, 400 low-income households in Van Chuong, Hang Bot wards (Dong Da district), Bien Giang and Dong Mai (Ha Dong district) are given discount coupons when buying fruit to support the family's ability to pay. This initiative is part of the project "Increasing fruits and vegetables intake for low-income populations in Vietnam through food system innovations" (FVN).

According to the results of research on social concerns for households in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City conducted from April 2019, food safety is the top consumer concern.

On April 20, 2021, Rikolto’s team received a certificate of merit from the Chairman of Vinh Phuc Provincial People's Committee. The province is located northwest of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.

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.

Tuy Loan is a vegetable cooperative in Vietnam that, after 5 years of working to professionalise its operations and improve access to markets, has succeeded in increasing the income of its farmers and the quality of its vegetables. From supplying only one food store, it now supplies high-quality vegetables to several supermarkets and stores in Da Nang, Vietnam. In this article, our colleague Nguyen Thi Den tells us how they did it.