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PLANT FOR THE PLANET – APRIL 2019

On April 20th, CECAD had a meeting with the Management Board of Tra Vinh’s Forest Protection Agency to get the agreement on the plantation process as well as the care and protection plans, including: The first planting site for shooting activities is located in My Long Nam commune, Cau Ngang district, while the second planting …

PLANT FOR THE PLANET – MARCH 2019

On March 13th, CECAD had a meeting with the Management Board of Tra Vinh’s Forest Protection Agency to get the agreement on the plantation process as well as the care and protection plans, including: The new planting site which has the total area of 16.5 ha is located in Dong Cao ward, Dong Hai commune, …

Story of “Rooftop Composting: Reducing Waste, Growing Healthy Food, Enhancing Well-being”.

(“Rooftop Composting: Reducing Waste, Growing Healthy Food, Enhancing Well-Being” is a small initiative conducted at the building of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, funded by the Embassy of Denmark. The story is taken from the conversation with Mrs. Lan Anh – a staff from the kitchen of the building who is also a member …

Workshop on “Sustainable Mangrove Management Through Certified Shrimp Farming Practices in the Red River Delta, Vietnam” in Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province

June 20th, 2018 – A workshop on “Sustainable Mangrove Management Through Certified Shrimp Farming Practices” was held by the Center for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) at Thuy Truong commune’s People’s Committe hall in Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province. This seminar was aimed at raising people’s awareness on the advantages of mangrove forests and organic …

Project “Rooftop Composting: Reducing Waste, Growing Healthy Food, Enhancing Well-being”

In continuation of Project “Rooftop Composting: Reducing Waste, Growing Healthy Food, Enhancing well-being”, in the morning of June 19th, 2018, officials of the Center of Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) continued planting seeds and adding soil to all four composting bins. The first batch of vegetables and plants grew well, flowers were blossoming, giving …

Ms. Ta Thanh Thuy, a Representative from the Danish Alumni Association in Vietnam, visited the project “Rooftop composting”

On June 8th, the garden project within the framework of the “Rooftop Composting: Reducing Waste, Growing Healthy Food, Enhancing well-being” initiative was carried out on the 10th floor of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development building, located at 16 Thuy Khue street, Hanoi. After the project has been partially completed, on June 22, Ms. Ta …

Workshop on “Protecting female farmers’ health through organic farming models and Participatory guarantee system (PGS)”

Under the project “Vietnam Women Improving Lives and Leadership (Vietnam WILL) “, on 30 September 2016, workshop on “Protecting female farmers’ health through organic farming models and participatory guarantee system (PGS)” was held at the Conference Center in Hoa Binh province. The workshop was organized by the Center for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) …

Training on caring and protecting orchids

On 30 May, 2016, the training on caring and protecting orchid was organized at the headquarter of People Committee of Tu Do commune, Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province. This activity is under the project “Conservation of Orchids through Research and ex situ Conservation Measures in Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, Vietnam”. The workshop was attended …

The delegation of US Embassy in Bangkok visited the project site

On April 23, 2016, the delegation of the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand lead by Mrs. Louise Tahra as the head of the delegation, visited the project “Conservation of Orchids through Research and ex situ Conservation Measures in Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, Vietnam”, implemented by CECAD in Tu Do commune, Lac Son district, Hoa Binh …

Participation in Trac Van Organic Festival

On December 16, 2015, after an invitation from the Trac Van organic intergroup, the deputy of PGS Tan Lac Coordinating Committee – Bui Xuan Truong and two members from Than Thien and Muong Bi organic inter-groups of Tan Lac participated in the First Trac Van Organic Festival in Van Van commune, Duy Tien district, Ha …