Ha Long, Quang Ninh. FAO and the Information Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development (AGROINFO) under the Viet Nam Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), co-organize a face-to-face learning program on “Safeguarding land tenure rights in the context of agricultural investments.”

This is an activity of FAO Global Programme entitled “Mainstreaming of the VGGT in the Context of National Food Security and sharing of lessons across multiple countries through a transversal approach in the Mekong Region”, which is covering Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam.

The Learning Program is designed to support government authorities engaged in the promotion, approval and monitoring of land based investments to promote socially responsible and financially sustainable investments that benefit communities, investors and society as a whole. Through the program, participants will have the opportunity to share and spread the knowledge, to advise and guide the work of others as well as to work with FAO experts in agricultural investment issues.

The Learning Program includes 2 phases, including online workshop in 4 weeks (from 23 September to 23 October) and Face to face workshop in 4 days (from 10 to 13 November). Participants come from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Investment and Planning, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource, Provincial People Committees, provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, research institutes and universities in Viet Nam. Participants are expected to consolidate the knowledge acquired and enhance the capacities of government authorities in facilitating and promoting responsible agricultural investments in a sustainable way.