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VIETNAM

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Established:	1991
Head Office:	Hanoi
Country Director:	Nguyen Van Quang
Staff:	30 (approx.)

IDE began in Vietnam by promoting treadle pumps but soon found that there was little demand for the technology. IDE responded by shifting gears and applying market-based principles to areas that met the needs and priorities of the rural poor.

A coconut processing plant was established to add value to the coconut crop grown by thousands of local farmers. A sustainable supply chain for hand pumps has provided tens of thousand of households with affordable clean water. Drip Irrigation systems and horticultural packages have provided smallholders with a low-cost entry into irrigated agriculture. Urea pellets improve rice yields while reducing the environmental impacts of fertilizers.

The Vietnam program has also pioneered the application of IDE's market principles to health and sanitation. IDE’s Vietnam program developed an innovative and effective social marketing campaign to reduce the spread of trachoma, a blinding eye disease, by encouraging hand and face washing and improved hygiene. The same social marketing skills are now being applied to the promotion of sanitation and latrines and an anti-smoking campaign.

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VIETNAM CONTENT

	IDE Vietnam Publications
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CONTACT

IDE-Vietnam
Nha So. 6, Ngo 161, Thai Ha,
Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam

Phone:	(84-4) 5147800 / 5147801
Fax:	(84-4) 5147802
Contact:	Nguyen Van Quang
E-mail:	info@idevn.org

IDE Appoints CEO
(May 5, 2008) At its recent meeting, IDE’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of Al Doerksen as Chief Executive Officer of the international non-profit organization. Doerksen has previously been associated with IDE in several capacities, including long time board membership, management consulting for the executive in 2007, and most recently overseeing IDE’s four year, $27 million India microirrigation program.

Polak's Out of Poverty Now Available
(February 15, 2008) In this hard-hitting new book,IDE Founder Paul Polak tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have fallen so short, and how he and his organization developed an alternative approach that has succeeded in lifting 17 million people out of poverty...

IDE Receives Second Grant From Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(January 25, 2008) IDE today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers...

IDE Photographs on Display
(September 1, 2007) Over the coming months, photos from IDE field programs will be on display at Denver-area businesses to help raise awareness of our work...

Cirque du Soleil™ Event Raises Funds
(July 15, 2007) The June 28 performance of Cirque du Soleil's™ Corteo at Denver's Pepsi Center helped raise funds to support its programs in Africa and Asia. IDE's allotment of 200 tickets completely sold out...

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