Coastal Protection in the Lower Mekong Delta
Thorsten Albers - Dinh Cong San - Klaus Schmitt
Shoreline Management Guidelines
About GIZ in Viet Nam
As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We are also engaged in international education work around the globe. We have been working with our partners in Viet Nam since 1993 and are currently active in three main fields of cooperation:
1) Sustainable Economic Development and Vocational Training (focusing in particular on macroeconomic reform, social
protection and vocational training reform);
2) Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Urban Development (focusing on biodiversity, sustainable forest management, climate change and coastal ecosystems, wastewater management, urban development and renewable energies); and
3) Health. Furthermore, we implement development partnerships with the private sector, provide advisory services to the Vietnamese
Office of the Government within the framework of the German- Vietnamese dialogue on the rule of law and promote civil society.
We also run projects in the fields of non-formal vocational training and working with people with disabilities. In addition, we are involved in the volunteer programme weltwärts. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), we are supporting the Vietnamese Government in its goal to turn Viet Nam into an industrialised country by 2020. We are implementing projects commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) that focus on adaptation to and mitigation of climate change and support of renewable energies.
We cooperate with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the European Union (EU) via cofinanced projects and work closely with the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany. We use a wide variety of instruments. These include human resources (long-term experts, national personnel, development advisors and integrated experts), various forms of human capacity development, financing (such as local subsidies) and the provision of material and equipment. For further information, please visit www.giz.de/en
