Project’s title

Climate adaptation in the Mekong Delta: Deliberation across governance levels

Project’s partner/ collaboration

Research Institute for Climate Change

Sponsor/Donor

Canberra University

Total budged

Project’s period/duration

 VND  76.130.000

 May 13^th,2021 to Nov 31^st,2021

Principal Investigator (PI)

Co-PI

Project’s member

 Assoc.Prof. Dr Nguyen Hieu Trung

1. Assoc.Prof. Dr Nguyen Hieu Trung

2. BSc Le Hoang Hai Anh

3. MSc Lam Thi Hoang Oanh

4. MSc Ho Pham Kim Oanh

5. BSc Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong

6. MSc Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

Overall objective

 Specific objectives

These interviews form part of a PhD research project by the chief investigator examining how stakeholders involved in adaptation in Vietnam – including government, donors, NGOs, scientists and farmers – understand and deliberate about climate change adaptation. The research explores the extent to which the interests and voices of people affected by climate

change may be reflected in wider discourses of climate adaptation governance.

Contents

The interviews are to be conducted in two locations, My Xuyen district in Soc Trang province, and Mang Thit district in Vinh Long province, in order to cover two different hydrological regimes of the Mekong Delta, coastal and inland. In each province, 8 interviews will be conducted: with 6 farmers, 1 extension officer and 1 commune official. As far as possible, the farmers selected should represent a diversity of households: poorer and less

poor, undertaking different livelihoods, and including both women and men. At least half of them should not already be involved in an externally-funded adaptation activity. The extension officers will be staff of the district Department of Agriculture and Rural Development office. The commune officials will be Environmental/Agricultural staff of the

Commune People’s Committee.

Expected outcome

Contact address

1. Wendy Conway Lamb (email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

2. Assoc.Prof. Dr Nguyen Hieu Trung (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Some activities/implementation photos

The requested contents have been converted to online format because of the problematic condition of the Covid-19 pandemic in localities during the implementation period.