Publications

Vietnam’s agricultural heartland faces mounting environmental challenges. This volume explores recent research, case studies and policy insights to offer pathways towards its sustainable development.

Learn about the connection between urbanization and ecological crises from a global perspective and from the concrete example of a changing Hanoi.

This edited volume explores eight transformative approaches to sustainability championed by scholars, practitioners and youth workers in Vietnam

[Vietnamese only] This book is a collection of articles presented at the international workshops in November 2021 on "Agricultural production in Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries from a social-ecological transformation approach: Opportunities, challenges, and policy implications".

Over the past two decades, 'food sovereignty' has become an important concept in international discussions related to food security and development. This report is part of an effort to introduce the concept in the Vietnamese context and support the self-determination of ethnic minority farmers.

This book presents contemporary initiatives in a variety of fields, including youth movements, traditional crafts, zero-waste consumption, natural farming, community space creation, and fashion design. They all strengthen environmental protection, civic engagement and cultural preservation in their own way.

Guidebook on the integration of the Social-Ecological Transformation approach into educational programs for youth.

Introduction to the concept of the circular economy and its integration into youth education.

Philip Degenhardt of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung’s Southeast Asia Office in Hanoi spoke with the director of the Research Institute for Climate Change, Nguyen Hieu Trung, to learn more about the challenges that climate change is imposing in the Mekong Delta, and how people are responding.

A sole focus on economic growth leads to the exhaustion of natural resources, environmental pollution and climate change. An adjustment of national development strategies highlighting socio-ecological factors has become very urgent.