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BookletAnnual reportFAO Viet Nam in action: 2024 and beyond
Championing agrifood systems transformation for a sustainable future
2025Also available in:
No results found.As of mid-2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Viet Nam reflects on a pivotal 2024, celebrating a shared development agenda that translated commitments into impactful results for agrifood systems. This retrospective also casts a forward glance, recognizing that the ongoing success hinges on continued collective action for Viet Nam's farmers and agricultural communities. The overarching goal, "Championing agrifood systems transformation for a sustainable future," is actively pursued through the "four betters" agenda, which robustly underpins the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).A central achievement in 2024 was the endorsement of the Partnership Agreement for Transparent, Responsible and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation in Viet Nam (FST-Partnership), marking a significant stride in realizing efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems. The FAO Director-General’s early 2025 visit underscored this commitment, emphasizing that effective implementation will drive rapid progress across multiple SDGs.While celebrating successes, 2024 also presented complex challenges, notably the devastating Typhoon Yagi. FAO's swift response highlighted the intensifying climate threat and the critical importance of embedding climate resilience within vulnerable communities. The Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) team also remains vigilant on the One Health front, demonstrating innovation to achieve results despite funding constraints. With the 2030 SDG deadline looming, the report calls for redoubled efforts towards sustainable agrifood systems. It concludes by acknowledging the recent changes in Viet Nam’s government structure, reaffirming FAO's over 40-year fruitful partnership with the newly formed Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFAO in Viet Nam - Update 2023 2023
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No results found.This flyer provides information about FAO Viet Nam activities including ongoing programmes/projects and Country Programming Framewwork (CPF) -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFAO Key Messages: 2024 High-Level Political Forum 2024
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No results found.The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held from Monday, 8 July, to Wednesday, 17 July 2024, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Monday, 15 July, to Wednesday, 17 July 2024, as part of the High-level Segment of the Council. The last day of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC will be on Thursday, 18 July 2024. The theme will be "Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable,resilient and innovative solutions”.These key messages summarize FAO's input in the preparatory processes and are intended to support discussions at the upcoming Forum. They outline the challenges faced for SDG progression and the necessary actions to be undertaken for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda as a whole.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2023
Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems
2023Agrifood systems generate significant benefits to society, including the food that nourishes us and jobs and livelihoods for over a billion people. However, their negative impacts due to unsustainable business-as-usual activities and practices are contributing to climate change, natural resource degradation and the unaffordability of healthy diets. Addressing these negative impacts is challenging, because people, businesses, governments and other stakeholders lack a complete picture of how their activities affect economic, social and environmental sustainability when they make decisions on a day-to-day basis.The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 looks into the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems. The report introduces the concept of hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of agrifood systems and proposes an approach – true cost accounting (TCA) – to assess them. To operationalize the TCA approach, the report proposes a two-phase assessment process, first relying on national-level TCA assessments to raise awareness and then moving towards in-depth and targeted evaluations to prioritize solutions and guide transformative actions. It provides a first attempt at national-level assessments for 154 countries, suggesting that global hidden costs from agrifood systems amount to at least to 10 trillion 2020 PPP dollars. The estimates indicate that low-income countries bear the highest burden of the hidden costs of agrifood systems relative to national income. Despite the preliminary nature of these estimates, the analysis reveals the urgent need to factor hidden costs into decision-making for the transformation of agrifood systems. Innovations in research and data, alongside investments in data collection and capacity building, are needed to scale the application of TCA, especially in low- and middle-income countries, so that it can become a viable tool to inform decision- and policymaking in a transparent and consistent way. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRisk communication in animal disease outbreaks and emergencies 2020
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No results found.Risk Communication by the State Veterinary Service plays an important role in disease risk mitigation and is an integral part of risk management during animal health emergencies and zoonotic outbreaks. Effective communication recognises its unique functions as complementary to, but unique among, the other non-communication functions required during an emergency or outbreak response, such as, logistics, epidemiology and finances. Communication is uniquely positioned to build knowledge, influence attitudes, raise awareness, build perceptual associations between recommendations and stakeholders’ or audiences’ values, customs, and beliefs. Furthermore, effective communication focusses on the outcome for the audience or stakeholder, rather than on the activities of the State Veterinary Service or its partners. This publication is based on a Risk Communication Strategy that the FAO Animal Health Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) in Myanmar developed for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI), Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The Warning Project, a not-for-profit company specialising in risk communication, led this strategy development in Myanmar. The Myanmar Risk Communication document is edited in this version to make it applicable to State Veterinary Services in other countries. -
BookletCorporate general interestViet Nam: Impact of Anticipatory Action
Racing against Typhoon Noru
2023Also available in:
No results found.This study documents the outcomes of an Anticipatory Action activation implemented in the central provinces of Viet Nam ahead of Typhoon Noru, in September 2022. Through a collective effort, waterproof drums and multipurpose cash assistance were provided three days before Typhoon Noru made landfall. This enabled families, identified from the list of poor and near poor households in regular social protection programmes, to safeguard their food security and assets ahead of the shock. Shortly after, an impact assessment was carried out through a mixed methods approach which observed improvements in food security, reduction in negative coping mechanisms, and increased sense of security from those who received support prior to the typhoon’s landfall. For every United States dollar invested in the distribution of waterproof drums, families were able to save USD 0.46 in avoided losses. If the entire shelf life of the drums is considered, the return on investment would easily increase to USD 4.60 over ten seasons. Voices from communities and local authorities also provided pathways for further refinement on targeting and activities, scalability and strengthening the approach within Viet Nam’s disaster risk management architecture. The activation showcase provided valuable insights, highlighting the efficacy of taking pre-emptive action before a typhoon makes landfall.