{"id":25395,"date":"2025-12-05T13:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socodevi.staging.mysites.io\/?p=25395"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:27:23","slug":"a-return-to-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/a-return-to-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"A Return to Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Socodevi first got its start in Vietnam in 2001 and maintained a presence there through 2022. Now, it\u2019s proud to announce the launch of\u00a0<strong>BLOOM<\/strong>, another major initiative in Vietnam. Funded by\u00a0<strong>Global Affairs Canada<\/strong>\u00a0and implemented in partnership with\u00a0<strong>Desjardins International Development<\/strong>, this new six-year project marks a significant milestone in our efforts to protect biodiversity and empower women from ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homestay-young-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10722\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An ambitious project for biodiversity and local communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLOOM aims to <strong>restore and protect at least<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>10,000 hectares of biodiverse, environmentally vulnerable forests<\/strong>&nbsp;in the provinces of&nbsp;Ha Giang&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dak Lak. The project also focuses on empowering women from ethnic minority groups by providing them with&nbsp;<strong>sustainable, environmentally friendly economic alternatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than&nbsp;<strong>13,000 people<\/strong>&nbsp;will benefit directly from BLOOM\u2019s good work, including <strong>2,720&nbsp;individuals from ethnic minorities<\/strong>. This <strong>cooperative economic development project<\/strong> integrating <strong>nature-based solutions<\/strong> will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Protect vital habitats for local wildlife and plant species<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen the climate resilience of communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve living conditions and preserve local cultural and spiritual practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLOOM also seeks to&nbsp;<strong>amplify women\u2019s voices<\/strong>&nbsp;in forest management policies and promote women as&nbsp;<strong>agents of change<\/strong>&nbsp;in biodiversity conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/phu-nu-du-gia-4-600x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An essential collaboration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This cooperative project was made possible thanks to the commitment of our local partners and participating communities and the support of Global Affairs Canada and Desjardins International Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay connected!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jedonneenligne.org\/socodevi\/INSCRINFOLETTRE\/?lng=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Subscribe to our newsletter<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>follow us on social media<\/strong> to stay up to date on the BLOOM project and discover inspiring stories from the communities involved. Together, let&#8217;s help biodiversity and equity bloom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socodevi first got its start in Vietnam in 2001 and maintained a presence there through 2022. Now, it\u2019s proud to announce the launch of\u00a0BLOOM, another major initiative in Vietnam. Funded by\u00a0Global Affairs Canada\u00a0and implemented in partnership with\u00a0Desjardins International Development, this new six-year project marks a significant milestone in our efforts to protect biodiversity and empower women from ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,108,109,100],"tags":[],"categorie-pays":[110],"class_list":["post-25395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-environnement","category-news","category-projects","categorie-pays-vietnam"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25395"},{"taxonomy":"categorie-pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-pays?post=25395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}