Overview
Since its founding in the mid-1980s, the Vietnam Program has worked to strengthen social science research capacity in Vietnam, its wide-ranging projects embodying the SSRC’s commitment to supporting innovative social science research and mobilizing knowledge on issues of pressing public concern. In collaboration with partners both inside and outside of Vietnam, the Vietnam Program has led studies and strategic assessments to advance evidence-based policy decisions on issues relating to poverty, urbanization, migration, health, youth, and social change; awarded over a hundred grants and fellowships for Vietnam-related research projects; organized dozens of academic seminars and other exchanges of information with our Vietnamese partners; donated hundreds of publications to Vietnamese research institutions; assisted with the publication of several major bilingual volumes; and developed a network of some three hundred Vietnamese scholars in over sixty institutions throughout the country. The program is currently working on a multiphase project in partnership with the Atlantic Philanthropies, in which it evaluates and facilitates learning for public health interventions in several provinces of Vietnam. The project has focused on strengthening capacity for health-related research to inform advocacy and policymaking, producing high quality evidence for use by donors, scholars, local authorities, and government officials, and building networks of stakeholders to ensure long-term advances in Vietnam’s public health systems.
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News
View all →Delegation from the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences looks to the SSRC for collaboration and insight on research and policymaking.
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)-SSRC Population Health Study researchers presented findings and policy recommendations to policy stakeholders at the “Policy Roundtable: Improving the Quality of Health Care at the Grassroots Level in Viet Nam” on July 18 in Hanoi, Vietnam
The Equity Initiative fellowship program, funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies and China Medical Board, with development and learning and evaluation support from the Vietnam Program, is now accepting nominations and applications for the 2017–2018 year
On March 22, Vietnam Program director Mary McDonnell and associate director Van Tran met with Le Dang Doanh, a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP), and Nguyen Huu Hoang, correspondent for the Vietnam News Agency NY Bureau, to discuss engaging scholars interested in Vietnam’s second Doi Moi (economic renovation)
Events
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Factors Affecting the Effective Use of Investments in Commune Health Centers - Lessons from the Case Studies of Selected Commune Health Centers in Thai Nguyen, Khanh Hoa and Vinh Long
Impacts of the Atlantic Philanthropies' Interventions on Commune Health Centers in Rural Vietnam: A Comparative Perspective
Choices of Commune Health Center for Acute Health Care Services: A Case Study in Thai Nguyen, Khanh Hoa, and Vinh Long
Staff
Mary B. McDonnellProgram Director Van Bich Thi TranAssociate Director Nina McCoyVietnam Representative Alethea CookProgram Associate