Australia, Vietnam to Jointly Research Poverty Reduction

Australian and Vietnamese experts will undertake collaborative research on economic integration and poverty reduction via Australian Government science grants announced on 24 November 2010. The grants are provided through the Australian International Science Linkages - Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (ISL-HASS) Academies Program. The two Vietnamese projects are among 24 successful international applicants in the 2010 program.

 

The Australian School of Taxation (University of New South Wales) will work with the Vietnam Development and Policy Research Centre (DEPOCEN) to research international economic integration, child poverty and transfer policy in Vietnam.

 

The second project will be carried out by the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (Victoria University) and the Vietnam Institute for Trade (Ministry of Industry and Trade) and will consider global economic crises, Australia-Vietnam trade and regional integration.

 

Australian Chargé d'affaires Ms Vanessa Wood welcomed the projects: “These grants will strengthen linkages between respected Australian and Vietnamese researchers on issues of mutual interest, including Australia-Vietnam trade integration and poverty reduction.”