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HG Travel Hands Over Investment Categories to Cu Travel Group

After one year of the project “Support for community-based tourism” at Cu village Tu Ne commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province, the representative of HG travel has handed over investment categories to the Cu travel group on 15 November, 2012 with the presence of the Chairman of Tu Ne commune People’s committee – Mr. …

Middleschool students participating in Project on Agrobiodiversity (ABD) and Pesticides Impact Assessment (PIA)

The project “Sustainable Agriculture and the Muong Ethnic Minority People in the Northwest of Vietnam” has been implemented for 9 months (since February 2012). The project activities include training in Agrobiodiversity (ABD) and Pesticides Impacts Assessment (PIA) for farmers, Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi middle school teachers, clinic staffs and students of Hanoi University of …

Cooperative initiators meeting

The Centre for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) has implemented many projects aiming to improve living standards in the Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi villages over an eight year period. Support from CECAD has enabled many households to climb out of poverty through developing their farming techniques and gaining extra income from alternative sources …

CECAD staff visit successful cooperative models in Hanoi

The Centre of Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) aims to support Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi villagers in establishing cooperatives for producing and selling clean farming products through the project “Community-based Organisations in Natural Resource Management in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi Communes, Tan Lac District, Hoa Binh Province.” In order to understand more …

Training Course on Pesticide Impact Assessment (PIA)

Within the framework of the project entitled “The Muong and Sustainable Agriculture”, a training course on The Pesticide Impact Assessment (PIA) was organized. The first training course on Agro-biodiversity was held in March 2012. The course, which was held from May 18 to May 20, 2012, provided villagers, teachers from Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi …

A representative of ICCO visited the project site of CECAD

On May 8 and 9, 2012, a representative of ICCO, Mr. Le Hien, visited the project site of The Centre for Environment and Community Assets Development in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi communes, Tan Lac District, Hoa Binh Province. During the visit, Mr. Hien was monitoring the project’s progress, meeting with CECAD staff members as …

Thai Field Alliance project after two months of implementation.

This one-year project is designed to create and raise awareness of the impacts of pesticides to health and the environment. The project objectives are to create awareness about the importance of the farmland biodiversity to the Muong villagers’ livelihood and the impacts of pesticides to their health and environment. Further to this, the objectives include …

Huong Giang Travel supports community-based ecotourism in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi

The community-based ecotourism project implemented by The Center for Environment and Community Asset Development is a component of two projects. One is “Livelihood improvement, cultural identity preservation and environmental protection in Tu Ne, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province” funded by ICCO (The interchurch organisation for development cooperation). Another is “Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong” funded by …

The inauguration of Tam 3 village’s communal house

The Tet holiday atmosphere was pervading everywhere. Yet alongside the excitement to celebrate the Tet, the Muong people in Tam village, Thanh Hoi commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province had another enjoyment of their own, celebrating a new communal house. On January 10th 2012, the new communal stilt house was inaugurated with the happiness …

The situations of community-based ecotourism development in Tu Ne commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province

The Community-based ecotourism project in Tu Ne and Thanh Hoi communes sponsored by FPSC (the Social Promotion of Cultural Foundation organization, Spain) was launched by CECAD in 2008, with the intention to improve livelihoods of the local people as well as to preserve the indigenous knowledge and cultural identity of Muong ethnic group and to …