On November 12, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Decision No. 3509/QD-BGDDT, approving the project titled "Gender, Climate Change, and Forest Landscape Governance: Insights from Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam"  (referred to as EXPLORE-GFC project) with Vinh University  acting as the Lead Institution. The project is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) through the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC).

By participating in this project, Vinh University will have the opportunity to strengthen its position in scientific research collaboration with universities across the ASEAN region and worldwide through the EXPLORE network, addressing shared challenges such as climate change, forest landscape governance, and gender equality and social inclusion.

Project Details:

-        Overall objective: Explore the roles, rights, and responsibilities of forest-dependent women and men in forest landscape governance and their forest-based livelihood practices under the climate change context; thereby to ultimately enhance gender-responsive actions in forest landscape governance and climate action in three countries of Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Vietnam.

-        Project implementation location (in Vietnam): Tuong Duong District, Nghe An Province.

-        Project duration: 2024 to 2027.

-        Principal Investigator: Dr. Ho Thi Phuong – Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Environment.

The RECOFTC organization and the EXPLORE program secretariat visited Vinh University

Vinh University is a member of the EXPLORE network, which includes 30 universities and research institutes from the ASEAN region and other countries (USA and Japan)