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14/12/2015 at 1:20 pm

On December 10th, 2015, The Evidence- based Health policy development advocacy Coaliation (EBHPD) held a Conference to sum up all the activitivities in the first term (2014-2015), marked as two-year path of being officially put in operation in Vietnam.

1/12/2015 at 5:30 pm

RTCCD provide support to inter-country casework refers to (but is not restricted to) cases involving children in care and/or unaccompanied children and/or trafficked children who may potentially be placed with a family member in Vietnam. These cases may require a social work kinship assessment of the proposed family carer and/or post-placement, including welfare visits.

15/11/2015 at 9:21 am

Green Pine Clinic’s psychologists and psychiatrists participated in Schemas training course which lectured by Jacqueline Harter. This psychological theory is applied for personal disorder, chronic depression, and personal matters such as partner and family conflicts.

12/11/2015 at 9:23 am

RTCCD and Tay Bac University signed agreement on cooperating to establish Community Physician major and assisting in training medical workforce in Northern mountainous region for 2015 to 2025.

5/11/2015 at 11:41 pm

The achievement of this research project has contributed greatly to policy advocacy effort towards promoting child development in the early ears (1000 thousand days). After its successful effect, Australia National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has granted this research extended fund for 3 years (from 2016 to 2019) to strengthen its goal of developing sustainable ways to promote and nurture healthy child and brain development in the first 1000 days at scale with lasting impact on human capital in Vietnamese low-resource settings.

4/11/2015 at 2:30 pm

For years, The Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD) has been implementing research projects and community-based intervention models on early childhood development (first 1000 days) and enhancing child right protection monitoring system. These efforts aimed at attaining more scientific evidence for the advocacy of developing and improving Child Protection, Care, and Education Law (hereafter referred as Child Law).

10/09/2015 at 10:02 pm

On September 6th and 7th, 2015, Vietnam Ban Asbestos Network (VN-BAN) in collaboration with Asia Ban Asbestos Network (A-BAN) held a conference themed “Asbestos-free Asia towards Global Ban”. The conference is part of the Annual Conference 2015, which was held by A-BAN and The Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV) […]

6/09/2015 at 9:52 pm

With the aim of announcing the establishment of Vietnam NCDs Prevention Alliance (NDCs-VN) and boosting attention of civil organizations to the event, Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) in cooperation with HealthBridge Vietnam, CEPHAD, NGO-IC held the first members meeting at Sofitel Plaza, Hanoi in last August, 27th. The meeting was attended by […]

3/09/2015 at 9:52 pm

Last week, the RTCCD medical training department has successfully conducted a field trip to mark a strategic milestone in collaboration with Northwestern University to carry out training for health workers with bachelor background in northern mountainous provinces.

24/08/2015 at 10:38 am

On 13 August 2015, Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD), in cooperation with Faculty of Social Work – Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE), organized a training workshop for 35 university lecturers on Foster care and Cyber bullying

5/08/2015 at 1:45 pm

During two days, 25th and 26th of July 2015, Thua Thien Hue Association for Protection of Children’s Rights in cooperation with Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) organized a training course on “Child Injury and Child Maltreatment Prevention” for more than 40 socio-cultural officers, association members and staffs from different wards in the city. The objectives of the training course […]

28/07/2015 at 9:53 pm

Meeting between RTCCD and Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) was hold at RTCCD office on March 11th. Dr. Scott K. Montgomery, director of FFI and Dr. Becky Tsang, officer of FFI Vietnam shared and discussed about food fortification issues in Vietnam. The presentation focused on food fortification, effects and situations of micronutrients deficiency in Vietnam, rice […]

27/07/2015 at 11:05 am

Vietnam National Assembly hold the conference “Role of National Assembly in Ensure Children Right and Nutrition Issue for Children Development” on April 2nd 2015. The conference happened with the presents of IPU members, Foreign Commission, Culture and Education commission of National Assembly, leaders of Vietnam ministries, UNICEF and many local and international organizations in children […]

2/03/2015 at 9:23 am

Health care for pregnant women and child care in the first two years of life plays a crucial role in the children’s physical, intellectual, emotional development, mental health and personality in later life. Training course 6 titled “Helping your child to develop necessary skills”, which completed the 24 topics on proper child care in the […]

26/01/2015 at 10:00 am

Hanoi, 19 January 2015 – Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) welcomed Ms. Pamela S. Hyde – General Director of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the United States’ Ministry of Health. The meeting occurred during Ms. Pamela S. Hyde’s trip to Vietnam with an expectation to learn more about […]

1/11/2014 at 10:34 am

Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD) in collaboration with Ha Nam Provincial Women’s Union implemented the 5th training course on “Healthcare and Early Development for Infants” in 03 days from October 27th - 29th , 2014.

31/10/2014 at 10:08 am

On the October 20th 2014, the Social Work Professional Development Center has conducted for 50 child protection social workers and para-social workers, teachers. This training course was cooperated between RTCCD and Ben Tre DOLISA.

20/10/2014 at 10:18 am

On September 29th & 30th, 2014, Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) in collaboration with Ha Nam Provincial Women’s Union implemented a training course in “Healthy Childcare” in Ha Nam Province. This was the 4th in 7 courses under the Project on “Learning Clubs for Women’s Health and Infant Development”. The Project aims […]

16/10/2014 at 10:43 am

With the goal of strengthening capacity of social workers and para-social workers in Vietnam in child protection and family preservation work, the Social Work Professional Development Center (SWPDC) has conducted 11 training courses in social work for 585 social workers and para – social workers in Ha Noi, Thanh Hoa, Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Quang […]

3/10/2014 at 10:48 am

On September 8th – 10th, 2014, the donor of Project on Nutrition and Livelihoods in Nam Mau commune – The European Union in Vietnam – paid a working visit to the project management unit. This is the second time the donor has visited the project site. In the visit, the donor representatives watched a video […]

20/08/2014 at 11:17 am

From August 13 – 14, 2014, RTCCD in partnership with Department of Labor, Invalid and Social Affair (DOLISA) in Bac Ninh province conducted a training course in child protection. 80 social workers who are currently working for Commune Health Station, Women’s Union, Youths Union and Commune People’s Committees in Bac Ninh provinces took part in […]

12/08/2014 at 11:27 am

Along with activities in response to the call for Global Mental Health, Research and Training Centre for Community Development in collaboration with Vietnam Medical Association, The Evidence-Based Health Policy Development Advocacy Group (EBHPD) and Institute of Population, Health and Development (IPHAD) organized the seminar “Global Mental Health in Vietnam” in Hanoi on August 4th, 2014.

11/07/2014 at 11:38 am

With technical support from HealthRight international’s consultant, SWPDC conducted training on children exposed to domestic violence for 29 social work practitioners in Hanoi, on June 24, 2014.  Trainers of the training course were Mr. Luke Talikowski, International consultant, and Dr. Nguyễn Trọng An – Deputy Director of RTCCD.

11/07/2014 at 11:32 am

From June 26 – 27, 2014, with technical support from Health Right International, SWPDC in partnership with the Centre of Social Work Service Delivery in Thanh Hoa province conducted two training courses: one training on Foster care  (on June 26), and one training in Confronting domestic violence (on June 27) in Thanh Hoa. 168 social […]

7/07/2014 at 11:43 am

In the morning of June 26, 2014, Ethics Committee for scientific research “Learning Clubs for women’s health and infant development in Ha Nam: a pilot test of comprehensibility, feasibility, acceptability and impact” was established at Vietnam Medical Association.

3/07/2014 at 11:52 am

On the morning of July 1st, 2014, the Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD) held a conference to end the project “Women with Deviance Approach in Mental Health Care” at Phu Ly city, Ha Nam Province. This project was sponsored by Canada through the Grand Challenges Canada organization.

3/07/2014 at 9:26 am

From June 20th to 22nd, 2014 a team of doctors including Dr. Kathryn Bigsby, Lee-Anne Gilecki and Pham Thuy Hong (medical students) from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and Dr. Trieu Van Trang (Ba Be District Health Center) went to Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district, Bac Kan province to conduct health checkups for ethnic […]

2/07/2014 at 10:14 am

Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is a Canadian organization founded in 2010 with the dedication to supporting “bold idea with big impact” in global health. GCC especially cares about the impact of scaling up projects into the national programs of each country. The “big impact” is the changes to enhance child survival and improve quality of […]

23/06/2014 at 11:46 am

In the morning of 20th June 2014, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) held a conference on “Strengthening the cooperation between VUSTA’s organizations and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs)”. The conference had the attendance of Professor Dang Vu Minh, VUSTA Chairman, Mr. Phan Anh Son, Head of the People’s Aid Co-ordinating Committee (PACCOM) and […]

20/06/2014 at 12:54 pm

In the morning of 19 June 2014, at the headquarter of Ha Nam Provincial Women’s Union, RTCCD, Women’s Union and Ha Nam province authority co-operated the Launching Workshop of Learning Clubs for maternal health and child’s development. The project is the first phase of policy-oriented research in early intervention in the first 1,000 days for […]

19/06/2014 at 3:00 pm

Learning Clubs Project sponsored by Grand Challenges Canada and implemented by RTCCD, Ha Nam Provincial Women’s Union, University of Monash and University of Melbourne, Australia, launched workshop in Ha Nam.

17/06/2014 at 12:50 pm

In the afternoon of 12th June, Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan chaired the meeting in building basic health service package in health insurance. Participants are the leaders of Ministry of Health, leaders of Vietnam Social Insurance, leaders of Strategic Studies Institute of the Ministry of Health, representatives of technology assessment programs and medical […]