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The Resilience First program, a collaborative initiative implemented by Plan International Vietnam, CARE International in Vietnam, and the Center for Research on Initiatives of Community Development (RIC), on November 26 announced a substantial commitment of EUR 1.4 million in funding from Irish Aid in Vietnam.

Deirdre Ní Fhallúin, Ambassador of Ireland to Vietnam, stressed the success stories in Phu Tho, Quang Tri, and Tuyen Quang demonstrate the critical importance of locally-led climate action. Ireland, through its Embassy in Hanoi, continues supporting the Resilience First program and its partners.

The renewed funding will ensure the program continues its core mandate - Strengthening the capacity of local authorities, supporting poor and ethnic minority communities in mountainous areas, and enhancing resilience to the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change.

At the ceremony in Phu Tho province. Photo: Embassy of Ireland to Vietnam

Ngo Cong Chinh, Program Director of Plan International Vietnam, noted that the close collaboration between Plan International, CARE, RIC, and local partners has enabled the Moving Forward program to create wide-ranging impacts – from strengthening the adaptive capacity of over 26,000 people to scaling up women-led climate-resilient livelihood models. In the next phase, these foundations will be focused to bring climate-smart initiatives to more communities, helping women, children, and youth become more resilient to increasing risks.

Empowering women is an investment in community resilience, Le Kim Dung, Country Director at CARE in Vietnam commented, when women are equipped with knowledge and resources, they become the most powerful agents for driving local climate change adaptation solutions, ensuring communities not only survive but also thrive.

Meanwhile, Thai Huu Lieu, Deputy Director of the Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs, Quang Tri is among the localities most severely affected by natural disasters and climate change. Thanks to the Resilience First program, participating communes have gradually shifted from a passive position to a more proactive one in their responses: they now have clear plans, well-trained teams, and small-scale infrastructure works directly monitored by the community. What is most valuable is that people have begun to feel tangible improvements in their daily lives — safer roads during the rainy and flood seasons, more stable sources of domestic water, and more climate-adaptive livelihoods. These results are creating essential foundations for Quang Tri to continue moving toward sustainable development in the coming period.

Mao Quoc Toan, Deputy Director of the Tuyen Quang Department of Foreign Affairs, voiced Tuyen Quang's appreciation for how the Moving Forward program has supported the province—not only through resources, but more importantly through its community-based approach. Commune officials now have stronger capacity, schools are safer, and women’s groups are more confident in engaging in economic activities. The province hopes that the new funding will continue to bring practical and meaningful changes to our people, especially in highland communes that still face many difficulties.

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