The northern mountainous area in Vietnam is home to half of the ethnic minority groups in Vietnam, including some of the poorest. Over 66 percent of the ethnic minority population is considered poor, compared with that of the majority Kinh group (13 percent). Child malnutrition is another underlying, poverty-related issue for remote ethnic minority groups.
The Vietnam Northern Mountain Integrated Child Nutrition Project, supported by World Bank’s Japan Social Development Fund and implemented by Save the Children Vietnam , was aimed at improving the nutrition status of children under five years of age in the target villages through improving the child feeding practices, maternal and child care, and diversifying sources of nutrition for pregnant women, infants, and young children. The main target beneficiaries were the poor ethnic minority households with pregnant women and mothers with children under the age of five living in selected disadvantaged northern region villages.
At this online seminar, the World Bank’s country team and task team leader, and the implementing agency representatives, shared their experiences in this project.
Date/time:
4pm-5:30pm, Friday June 24, 2022 (Japan Standard Time)
Program :
Opening Remarks
Dirk Reinermann
Director, Trust Funds and Partner Relations, World Bank
Masashi Tanabe
Director, Multilateral Development Banks Division (MDBD), International Bureau, Ministry of Finance (MOF), Government of Japan
Perspectives from World Bank’s Vietnam Country Management Unit
Christoph Lemiere
Program Leader for Human Development for Vietnam, World Bank
Introduction of the project by Task Team Leader
Huong Lan Dao
Senior Health Specialist, World Bank Vietnam Office
Project video
Perspectives from Implementers and Partners
Vuong Dinh Giap
Director of Program Implementation, Save the Children Vietnam
Presentation material: Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) NORTHERN MOUNTAIN INTEGRATED CHILD NUTRITION (PDF)
Tran Dang Khoa
Deputy Director, Department of Maternal and Child Health, co-implementing agency and partner of the project, Ministry of Health, Vietnam
Kosuke Nagino
Program Coordinator, Save the Children Japan
Discussions and Q&A
Moderator
Koichi Omori
Senior External Affairs Officer, World Bank Tokyo Office