From 11 to 15 August 2025, IUCN in collaboration with the Lao PDR Department of Water Resources and SNV Lao PDR visited Houaphan and Xiengkhouang Provinces as part of the TDA or Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for the GEF IW project “Fostering Water and Environmental Security in the Ma and Neun-Ca Transboundary River Basins and Related Coastal Areas in Viet Nam and Lao PDR”, implemented and executed by FAO and IUCN respectively.

In July 2025 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, IUCN in collaboration with the Department of Water Resources Management (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Viet Nam), Department of Water Resources (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR), and FAO, convened a series of events under the GEF International Waters project “Fostering water and environmental security in the Neun-Ca and Ma transboundary river basins and related coastal areas”.

Ha Noi, 12 March 2024 – The Department of Water Resources Management (DWRM) of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Viet Nam in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Department of Water Resources (DWR), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) in Lao PDR, and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, organize a workshop to launch the project “Fostering Water and Environmental Security in the Ma and Neun-Ca Transboundary River Basins and Related Coastal Areas, Viet Nam and Lao PDR”.