The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is an independent Federal Government agency created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 and funded annually by the U.S. Government through 2018. The mission of VEF is to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam by focusing on educational exchanges in the sciences (natural, physical, and environmental), engineering, mathematics, medicine, and technology (including information technology). VEF is currently recruiting an Administration and Program Assistant to join the VEF team based in Hanoi.
Sweden has carried out development cooperation with Vietnam for 40 years. Vietnam has developed during that time and therefore Sweden is phasing out its traditional aid/development cooperation now wanting to promote self-sustained relations between Vietnamese and Swedish partners with focus on sustainable development, environment and climate change. Therefore, the Swedish Embassy has decided to initiate a project called “Center for Environmental Technology Cooperation” or in short Swedish CENTEC Vietnam. The embassy has contracted the Swedish company Ramboll Natura AB to manage Swedish CENTEC Vietnam.
Swedish CENTEC Vietnam is now looking for qualified, experienced and committed Vietnamese candidates for two positions:
VACANCY: INTERN IMPROVED COOKSTOVES (ICS) Starting Date: As soon as possible (minimum period of 4 months) Location: Hanoi, Viet Nam
Background SNV is a Dutch development organization committed to eliminating poverty and inequity in emerging markets worldwide by catalyzing Market Based Solutions for the Poor. In Asia, SNV is active in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. SNV provides advisory services, knowledge and innovation, implements projects and programs, and promotes the development of local markets for capacity development.
Project "Environmental remediation of dioxin contaminated hotspots in Vietnam" is seeking for 09 field sampling specialists and 01 Team leader. Viet Nam has experienced the worst dioxin pollution in the World. Large quantity of herbicides, which was contaminated with dioxin, was used in the part of the armed conflict over the period of 1961-1971. The soil dioxin concentration in sprayed areas has declined to background level; however, a few sites at the airbases where the pesticides were stored and/or handled are still highly contaminated. To date, three sites used as the military base, namely Bien Hoa Airbase, Da Nang Airbase and Phu Cat Airbase, have identified dioxin ‘hotspots’ which contamination level exceeds national dioxin limits.
PATH’s work in tuberculosis (TB) control supports the Stop TB Partnership goal of eliminating TB as a public health threat by 2050 through expanding Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course, addressing the threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), improving care for people with tuberculosis and HIV, involving the private sector in TB control, and strengthening advocacy, communication, and social mobilization (ACSM) capacity at international and national levels.
About ENV Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) was established in 2000 as Vietnam’s first non-governmental organization focused on conservation of nature and the environment through education. Their mission is to foster greater understanding amongst the Vietnamese public about environmental issues of local, national and global significance, ranging from protection of wildlife and natural ecosystems to climate change. They employ creative and innovative strategies to influence attitudes and behavior, not only highlighting the need to protect Vietnam’s rich natural heritage and the living world around us, but also encouraging greater public participation in achieving this important and challenging task. For more details about what they do, visit their website:
Organization Profile: Room to Read is a non-government organization working to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond. Their long-term goal is to help 10 million children to gain the lifelong gift of education.
