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Vietnam Virtual Learning Program, Phase 2 The Vietnam Development Information Centre (VDIC) is a partnership of bilateral and multilateral development agencies managed by the World Bank in Vietnam (WB). Australia's continued funding for Phase 2 "Vietnam Blended Learning Program 2011-2015' will aim to: build the capacity within Vietnamese institutions, targeting training agencies/divisions through providing small grans to introduce and integrate blended learning methods and innovative technologies in training provision; and provide local institutions with access to world class expertise by fostering knowledge sharing across countries, establishing a virtual community and creating a database of available contents resources. The total value of this initiative is $0.9 million over 5 years, starting 2011-12.
Vietnam Public Awareness The Vietnam Public Awareness initiative support various communications activities throughout the year to help raise AusAID Vietnam profile among Vietnamese, Australian and international audiences. The total value of this initiative is $40,000 over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
ADB Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity The Asia Development Bank Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project (CMDRCP) funding supplements Japanese grant funding for Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) for the proposed connectivity project. The PPTA includes feasibility and due diligence work on the Cao Lanh bridge as well as CMDRCP adjoining roads and bridge components. Funding also covers social impact awareness delivered as part of construction assistance addressing issues of gender, HIV/AIDS and people trafficking. The total value of this initiative is $2.2 million over 3 years, starting 2008-09.
Aus4Innovation Aus4Innovation is one of the six new initiatives under the Aus4Vietnam aid portfolio under the on-going Aid Investment Plan (2015-2020) to support Vietnam in addressing emerging development challenges, in the context of the transition of the Australia- Vietnam aid relationship into an economic partnership. Aus4innovation will be to support the goals of the Vietnamese Government identified in the Vietnam 2035 report - a strategic document of the Government setting out vision of the next phase of development for Vietnam, developed with financial support from the Australian Embassy - in particular with regard to: 1. creating a more capable and confident private sector operating domestically and with deeper linkages to foreign firms, and 2. pursuing an aggressive innovation and learning agenda to underpin a new national innovation system.
PBA review in Vietnam Funding under this initiative supports an independent assessment of the Program Based Approach (PBA) under the Vietnam program, specifically: review the effectiveness and value added of AusAID's funds delivered through the Government systems using PBA; assess risk assessment processes and mitigation strategies for each funding modality; assess monitoring systems, practices and processes employed for PBA; and assess staff skill set and structure requirements. The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
Support Vietnam's national CBDRM program The goal of the project is to mitigate the negative impact of flloods on rual men, women and children. The purpose of the project is to reduce the risk of flood to rural men, women and children in Tien Giang and Dong Thap by decreasing their vulnerability an increasing the capacity of communties and institutions.
EPF Development Partners Support Funding under this initiative provides a grant to the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), an international NGO. ICTSD's mission in partnership with development partners, is to advance sustainable development in trade negotiations and trade policy-making processes. Funding supports core operating activities of ICTSD and their development goals. The total value of this initiative is $460.0 thousand expenced over 2 financial years, starting 2009-10.
Partnership, Aid Effectiveness &#38;#38;#38; Small Activities The Partnership, Aid Effectiveness and Small Activities initiative supports the effectiveness and partnership of the Australian aid program in Vietnam, specifically: assistance to strengthen government-donor dialogue; workshops and conferences to promote policy dialogue, program learning, knowledge and information sharing; public diplomacy promotion through the development of communication products; support innovative ideas that address local development challenges through partnership with the World Bank, for example VID and VACI; small scale activities, reviews, appraisals and research as appropriate to emerging needs; consultancy work to support on-going activities; and additional volunteer placements and extensions. The total value of this initiative is $0.2 million for the 2011-12 financial year.
Australian Development Scholarships - Vietnam The Vietnam Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) Program aims to contribute to improving the quality of human resource development in Vietnam through long-term scholarships. By 2015, the Program is expected to deliver over 1,300 post-graduate development and leadership scholarships.  The Program is managed by AusAID and Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training.  This Initiative covers the in-Australia expenditure for on-scholarship students (not including leadership scholarship students) via agreements between AusAID and Australian universities. The total value of this initiative is $71.5 million over 10 years, starting 2009-10.
Anti-corruption Training 09-10 for Vietnam The Anti-corruption Training program supports the newly-issued National Strategy for Anti-corruption of Vietnam to 2020 and the newly ratified UNCAC. The program looks at coordination of the 3 key anti-corruption agencies as well as specific topics identified these agencies as critical for Vietnam anti-corruption agenda. The total value of this initiative is $0.4 million to be expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
Concept Paper and Appraisal for PPTA The Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) is being developed by the Asian Development Bank and includes the construction of Cao Lanh bridge, a major piece of economic infrastructure for which the Government of Vietnam has sought Australian assistance during design and construction phase. Funding under this initiative is to engage a senior consultant to prepare a concept paper and an engagement plan as part of the PPTA for the proposed Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project (CMDRCP). The total value of this initiative is $0.2 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
ASAS 2009 -10, 2010 -11 The Australian Small Activities Scheme (ASAS) in Vietnam supports community-based development activities that conribute to poverty reduction and consistent with AusAID's Vietnam Country Strategy. 

The maximum level of funding for a single activity is arranging from AUD10,000-AUD100,000. Total funding has varied from year to year ranging from AUD200,000-500,000.

The fund is available for government, non-government organisations and community groups engaged in development activities in Vietnam.
Australian Scholarships for Development in Vietnam In Vietnam, scholarships have formed a key pillar of our bilateral relationship since diplomatic relations were established in 1973. Our scholarships have assisted over 2,500 Vietnamese scholars to graduate from tertiary studies in Australia. The Program has a high profile with the Government of Vietnam and in many parts of the wider society, with many senior public officials, and private business people having received the opportunity to study in Australia. The Program with increase from 150 to 225 awards per year provides support for postgraduate study (Masters and Doctorate) in Australia in fields that support mutually agreed development cooperation and human resource development objectives. The Program has been highly successful in meeting its objectives of creating enduring links between our two countries and building the capacity of key institutions and talented individuals to contribute to the development of Vietnam. The most recent study (2008) indicated that over 80 per cent o
AusForReform Aus4Reform', will enable the Australian Government to continue to work with the Vietnamese Government to boost productivity and competitiveness in Vietnam. The program will support the development of quality policies, laws, and institutions through advocacy, consultation, and by strengthening the evidence base for economic policies - drawing on international experience and expertise, especially from Australia. Aus4Reform will contribute directly to two of the three pillars under Australia's Vietnam Aid Investment Plan (AIP): Pillar 1 on enabling and engaging the private sector for development and Pillar 3 on women's economic empowerment. As Australia continues to transition its relationship with Vietnam from development cooperation to an economic partnership, Aus4Reform will be important in this transition.
Partnerships &#38;#38;#38; Aid Effectiveness 2012-13 The Partnership, Aid Effectiveness and Small Activities initiative support the effectiveness and partnerships of the Australian aid program in Vietnam. The initiative has been developed on annual basis to support small scale activities that meet monitoring and evaluation and other quality assurance needs of the program as well to promote and showcase the effectiveness of the aid program. Funding will be provided to: support innovative ideas that address key development and social issues in Vietnam through partnership with World Bank; workshops and conferences to promote information, program learning and policy dialogue; consultancy work to support on-going activities; small-scale activities, appraisals, research, monitoring and evaluation to meet emerging needs; support AusAID Vietnam's Public Diplomacy Goals; and additional volunteer placements and activities that support volunteer program.  The total value for this initiative is $0.6 million for the 2012-13 financial year.
Mental Health in Vietnam Funding under this proposal aims to strengthen leadership for mental health system development in Vietnam.  The activity will support the training of 25 people over 4 years (10 people in 2010,  and an additional 5 people to be trained in 2011, 2012 and 2013) through funding their completion of the four-week intensive Melbourne-Harvard International Mental Health Leadership program.  The activity scales-up the training and capacity development component of the Atlantic Philanthropies funded National Mental Health Taskforce for Community Mental Health System Development in Vietnam project (also being implemented by the University of Melbourne).  The 25 graduates funded through the Leadership Training program, combined with the 20 graduates that will be trained under the Atlantic Philanthropies funded broader project, will support the establishment and operation of the National Taskforce for Community Mental Health System Development in Vietnam. The total value of this initiative is $0.5
RLSSA - SwimSafe Danang Drowning Prevention Prog The SwimSafe Danang Program represents a partnership with key stakeholders in Vietnam to influence the development of drowning prevention research, policy and practice, and the associated capacity to prevent drowning in Vietnam and the wider region. The program's overarching activity goal is to develop and implement the SwimSafe Danang – drowning prevention program as a demonstration program to build capacity to prevent drowning in Vietnam and the wider region. The specific program objectives are: stakeholder engagement to engage key stakeholders in the development and implementation of the program in Danang; drowning prevention program to develop, implement and review the survival swimming program in ten venues and reaching at least 6,000 students; SwimSafe trainer support to supervise, mentor and increase the capacity of the network of SwimSafe trainers, including recruitment and remuneration; SwimSafe venue management to develop and implement the venue management, safety and securit
Vietnam Clinton Health Access Initiative Phase III The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Phase III aims to strengthen capacity of the Government of Vietnam to deliver HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in the prevention from mother to child, laboratory system strengthening and policy development. Key objectives include to: improve the quality and sustainability of the national HIV care and treatment system; enable the national paediatric program to identify and provide ART to 1500 additional children living with HIV; support provincial partners to pilot an HIV integration model to optimize and integrate HIV interventions within the health system and inform a sustainable national approach; increase the efficiency, accuracy, and sustainability of the national HIV laboratory system; and develop or improve HIV-related policies and guidelines by supporting the MOH to adapt international best practices to the Vietnam context. The total value of this initiative is $4.7 million over 2 years, starting 2012-13.
Economic Development Fund The Vietnam Economic Development Fund (EDF) is a demand-driven flexible fund which supports initiatives proposed by agencies in the Australian Embassy Hanoi and Australian Consulate-General Ho Chi Minh.  
Vietnam Economic Diplomacy Fund (EDF) aims to contribute to the economic development and welfare of Vietnam as well as the trade, investment and business objectives of Australia’s Economic and Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Vietnam.
International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative The Government of Vietnam (GOV) has prepared the National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change (NTP) which is to be implemented by all arms and levels of government with support from international partners. Funding under this initiative supports the first phase of NTP and involves: the assessment of climate changes and climate variability in Vietnam; the development of climate changes scenarios with regard to sea level rise; the assessment of impacts on development sectors and communities; and initiating the mainstreaming of adaptation and mitigation. The total value of this initiative is $1.1 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
Clinton Health Access Initiative Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) aims at improving access to and quality of HIV/AIDS treatment with focus on children in Vietnam. The number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment has increased from a baseline of 200 at the start of the program to over 2,000 in 2011. The Program is implemented through CHAI, a non-profit organisation formerly known as Clinton Foundation. The total value of this initiative is $ 3.1 million over 3 years, starting 2009-10.
Vietnam Climate Change Program Enabling Climate change has been identified as a strategic priority in Australia's strategic approach to aid in Vietnam 2010-15 in recognition that climate change poses a serious threat for Vietnam. Striking the right balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability will be a particular challenge as Vietnam advances toward its ambitions of becoming an industrialised country by 2020. The Vietnam Climate Change Program Enabling Initiative was first established to support the development of AusAID's new climate change portfolio and has since been expanded to include targeted research and technical assistance for the Government of Vietnam (GOV) to enable their climate change response. This includes: (i) technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to identify options for reducing GHG emissions in the agricultural sector through a value-chain approach; (ii) a feasibility study into the potential establishment of a Climate Innovation Centre in Vietnam to s
Supporting UN One Plan III 2012 - 2016 The vision for the One Budgetary Framework is of one budgetary framework bringing together all contributions to support the coherent resource mobilisation, allocation and disbursement of donor resources to the One UN Operational Plan under the direction of the Resident Coordinator. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's support for the implementation of the One Plan III aimed at creating programmatic synergies in responding to national priorities articulated in the 2011 - 2020 Socio - Economic Development Strategy and the 2011 - 2015 Socio-Economic Development Plan. Australia's contribution will be ear-marked on two focus areas: outcome 1.3 climate change and disaster risk management; and outcome 2.4 Gender equality and HIV. These two focus areas align with the 2010-2015 Vietnam-Australia Joint Aid Strategy objective of advancing climate change adaptation and mitigation and cross-cutting priorities of gender and HIV/AIDS. The total value of this initiative is $2.6 million
Cao Lanh M&#38;#38;#38;E- social dev, diplomacy &#38;#38;#38; civil work Funding under this initiative provides support to the Asia Development Bank for the Cao Lanh Bridge initiative. The project includes complement social development work such as improving capacity of local health services to cope with increased demand; restoring livelihoods; road safety awareness. The total value of this initiative is $130.2 million over 6 years, starting 2011-12.
Vietnam Human rights technical cooperation Phase 5 The Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program (HRTCP) is a critical component of Australia’s efforts to promote and protect human rights in Vietnam. Since 2006 the program has complemented the annual Human Rights Dialogues (HRD) between the Government of Vietnam  and the Government of Australia. This well-established program has consistently delivered results for supporting human rights in Vietnam, which remains a sensitive issue.  The program aims to improve the administration, promotion and protection of human rights in Vietnam as well as the partnership between the Governments of Australia and Vietnam.  The program has supported the introduction and implementation of important legislative reforms such as the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Treaties and the Gender Equality Law. Through this cooperation, Australian expertise has helped improve the capacity of partner agencies to implement human rights treaty obligations; access to justice; human rights in criminal
Vietnam Program Administration Funding under this investments supports the delivery of the Vietnam bilateral aid program, specifically providing administrative support including travel, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The total value of this investment is $25,000 to be expended during the 2017-18 financial year.
ASAS 2008/09 The Australian Small Activities Scheme (ASAS) supports small and innovative activities that directly benefit communities in reducing poverty and assisting sustainable development, specifically: Compassion House for people living with or affected by HIV; Livelihood Model for people with disabilities; and Orphans in Central Highlands. The total value od this initiative is $0.7 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
CCE Policy &#38;#38;#38; Programs Support 2010-11 Funding under this initiative supports the Climate Change and Environment (CCE) program, specifically program management and technical support costs for implementation of climate change and environment aid activities; support for multilateral activities including policy engagement and reporting; and to undertake scoping, design, monitoring and evaluation, technical input into development of climate change and environment strategies; program review; development of monitoring frameworks, and other related tasks in delivering the climate change and environment aid program. The total value of this initiative is $0.3 million over 2 years, starting 2010-11.
Realising the Rights to Health and Development Funding under this initiative supports the University of New South Wales and the Communist Party of Vietnam to develop, coordinate and delivery the Realising the Rights to Health and Development and linkages between health, human rights and development in Vietnam. The aim of the conference is to further participant's understanding of the complex and powerful relationships between human health, development and rights and to propose practical ways policies, strategies and research.  The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
Integrated Coastal Management Program (ICMP) The Integrated Coastal Management Program (ICMP) was formerly known (until 2014) as the Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program (CCCEP) supports the Government of Vietnam (GoV) Ministry of  Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and five Provincial People's Committees  to strengthened planning, technical and financial capacities to foster climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta. ICMP piloted practical, cost-effective solutions to mangrove rehabilitation and coastal forest protection; promotion of alternative income opportunities for communities; alternative farming practices; and improvement of dyke construction and management. The program is currently scaling up and institutionalising those solutions through three areas of focus, namely policy and standards, investments and technologies and institutions and partnership. ICMP is  jointly financed by the Australian  and German governments. It is implemented by GIZ in partnership with MARD and PPCs of five provinces of
Partnerships and Aid Effectiveness The Partnerships and Aid Effectiveness initiative aims to: assist in strengthening partnership groups particularly MARD and MONRE; support the establishment of a national platform for disaster management; provide additional volunteer placements and extensions; provision of consultancy work to support activities; support for workshops and conferences; and piloting small scale activities, reviews and research. The total value of this initiative is $0.4 million to be expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
Together for a better future - Strengthening the resilience of communities and structures in the central Sahel zone (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) Gemeinsam für eine bessere Zukunft ? Stärkung der Resilienz von Gemeinden und Strukturen in der zentralen Sahelzone (Burkina Faso, Mali und Niger) Contribution to improving the protection and nutritional situation of children, the socio-economic situation of young people and the social cohesion of the communities through the targeted strengthening of the relevant structures in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Beitrag zur Verbesserung des Schutzes und der Ernährungssituation von Kindern, der sozioökonomischen Situation von Jugendlichen sowie der sozialen Kohäsion der Gemeinden durch die gezielte Stärkung der entsprechenden Strukturen in Burkina Faso, Mali und Niger. Contribution to improving the protection and nutritional situation of children, the socio-economic situation of young people and the social cohesion of the communities through the targeted strengthening of the relevant structures in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Beitrag zur Verbesserung des Schutzes und der Ernährungssituation von Kindern, der sozioökonomischen Situation von Jugendlichen sowie der sozialen Kohäsion der Gemeinden durch die gezielte Stärkung der entsprechenden Strukturen in Burkina Faso, Mali und Niger.