International Development Grant
Vietnam Cooperative Enterprise Development
Project Number: CA-3-D000748001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $12,619,971.00
Start Date: February 13, 2015
End Date: August 09, 2022
Duration: 7.5 years
Project Description
This project aims to reduce poverty and contribute to equitable economic growth by increasing the competitiveness and productivity of Vietnamese agricultural cooperatives. The project seeks to establish new market-oriented agricultural cooperatives strengthen the knowledge skills and competitiveness of farmers strengthen cooperative management practices and develop a policy and regulatory environment that promotes cooperatives. The project expects to benefit up to 10 000 farm households in five provinces. Working with the Government of Vietnam and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance an umbrella group for cooperatives the project aims to: (1) provide assistance to the Government of Vietnam to develop a national strategy to scale-up and replicate the success of high-performance cooperatives; (2) facilitate knowledge exchanges between Canadian agricultural cooperatives and Vietnamese agricultural officials and farmers; (3) develop and implement awareness campaigns on the value of cooperatives; (4) develop funding mechanisms to enable cooperatives to acquire new technology for the processing and marketing of agricultural products; (5) assist cooperatives to develop and implement business plans; (6) develop and deliver training programs on governance and gender equality to board members managers and employees of cooperatives; (7) provide training to farmers on environmentally sustainable agricultural production techniques such as the safe application of fertilizer and pesticides and post-harvest handling in order to meet quality certification standards and access new markets.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project are: (i) improved enabling environment (which includes laws and regulations policies physical and other infrastructure such as access to finance) for cooperatives; and (ii) established cooperative enterprises and networks that are sustainable equitable (women and men) competitive and market oriented.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2022) include: (1) educated and trained 6 048 households (54% women) on sustainable resource uses (such as water and soil) best environmental practices (safe use of agrochemicals alternatives to chemical treatment animal waste management etc.) and equal participation of women and men in family business activities or farm management; (2) improved the economic governance and members-client management dimensions of five cooperatives by applying Socodevi’s PerformCoop management approach; (3) supported five cooperatives in improving their revenue and trade. In 2021 the fruit coops traded 300 tons of fruit compared to 290.4 tons in 2020. While their business did not increase as expected they did manage to retain sales and exports throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Two dairy coops also reported a 15% increase in dairy production; (4) 2506 women in the five provinces applied one or more gender equality practices that helped empower them in the decision-making process at the household coop and community levels; (5) increased women’s representation in cooperative leadership positions which exceeded the expected target of 20% in the five coops; (6) increased awareness of more than 4000 key Vietnamese decision makers on co-op education and co-op development through seminars and workshops with Canadian coop experts and study tours; and (7) trained 489 young people (213 women) under the Extensive Cooperative Leadership program in 11 provinces.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal