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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 is central to regional security in South East Asia.
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.
Active projects by program area
Country manager
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Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh An
Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh An
An 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 contributed to the development of the recent ACIAR Vietnam strategy and the Australia in Vietnam Agriculture Strategy, which won the Gold Standard Award for Country or Trade Promotion at the Public Affairs Asia Gold Standard Awards 2018.
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