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Overview

Our support to Vietnam focuses on agricultural development through equal partnerships in economic growth, security and innovations.

The ACIAR country strategy focuses on the agriculture sector as it remains a key source of national income and employs more than half the workforce, this includes agribusiness, fisheries, forestry, livestock systems, social sciences, soil and land management, water and climate and global programs. Vietnam is one of Australia’s fastest-growing trade partners and central to Southeast Asia's regional security. 

Country priorities

  • Food safety.
  • Climate change.
  • Soil fertility and efficiency of crop-livestock systems.
  • Market knowledge, access to markets and skills for better policy analysis.
  • Increasing value from forests. 
  • Increasing value from aquaculture.

News

Discover the latest insights and developments in ACIAR-supported agricultural research in Vietnam in our latest edition of 'ACIAR in Vietnam' newsletter. 

Active projects by program area

Country manager
Country Manager Vietnam

Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh An

Nguyen Thi Thanh An is Country Manager of ACIAR Vietnam. She is based in Hanoi. She joined ACIAR in December 2007 as an Assistant Country Manager and became Country Manager in 2014. An has extensive experience as a professional communicator, working in both private and public sectors. She completed her master’s degree at University of Queensland in 2013, with a major in Communications for Development. An was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal in 2020 for her contribution to the development of the Australian-Vietnamese relation in agricultural research.

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