Vietnam

USAID Vietnam, formerly under the umbrella of RDMA, is now a bilateral mission. RDMA will continue to host USAID Vietnam’s information until its website is launched.

View Vietnam Newsroom

OVERVIEW

Vietnam’s 84 million people are moving quickly from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy, their social and economic progress propelled by 15 years of high growth and economic restructuring that has decreased poverty by 33%. Despite its ranking now as the world’s third most-reforming economy and its being considered a model of successful development, Vietnam still faces the challenges of an HIV/AIDS epidemic fueled by injecting drug use, a potential avian influenza  pandemic, and the challenges of running an increasingly sophisticated economy while still developing global-standard legal, regulatory and capital systems. Since a prosperous Vietnam is vital to maintaining regional stability in Southeast Asia, USAID’s activities strive to accelerate its transition to an open, market-based economy, develop capacities to mitigate the harmful effects of HIV/AIDS, improve vulnerable groups’ access to services, and ensure that environmental governance progresses along with economic and social development.

USAID PROGRAMS

• Creating better opportunities for persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities
• Strengthening economic policies and governance
• Targeting HIV/AIDS and Avian Influenza
• Public-private partnerships protect the environment, help farmers, and promote information technologies
• Enhancing preparedness and mitigation of disasters and disaster risk reduction

CONTACTS

Roger Carlson
Acting USAID Representative
15/F, Tung Shing Tower
2 Ngo Quyen Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: (84-4) 935-1260
Fax: (84-4) 935-1265

Desk Officer (RDMA)
Cheryl Jennings
Tel: (202) 712-4705
Email: cjennings@usaid.gov

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

• ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Network Support Program
• Asia Regional Biodiversity Conservation Program
• Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN)
• ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program (CDCP)
• ECO-Asia Sustainable Water Services
• Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin
• Regional Avian Influenza Program
• Regional Infectious Diseases Program
• Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade (RAFT)
• Vietnam: Creating Better Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and Ethnic Minorities
• Vietnam: Enhancing Preparedness and Mitigation of Disasters and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Vietnam: Public-Private Partnerships Protect the Environment, Help Farmers, and Promote Information Technologies
• Vietnam: Stronger Economic Policies and Governance
• Vietnam: Targeting HIV/AIDS and Avian Influenza