Viet Nam is home to one of the world’s most biologically rich coastal environments, an intricate web of marine ecosystems that sustains more than 11,000 identified species and supports the food security, livelihoods and safety of millions of people.

Climate change is deepening water inequality in East Asia, hitting women and children hardest. Discover why resilient water systems are essential for a fair future.

On World Water Day 2026, East Asia stands at a critical crossroads. Climate change is transforming water, once a foundation of economic growth and social stability, into one of the region’s sharpest drivers of inequality. And this inequality is not evenly felt. It falls hardest on women and girls, children, persons with disabilities, and rural and marginalised communities whose access to safe water was already fragile. By Alexander Pandian, WASH Programmes Senior Advisor, World Vision East Asia

World Vision implemented an innovative and holistic approach to child malnutrition in Viet Nam’s highlands, integrating PDH with livelihoods and caregiver support.

World Vision Viet Nam has successfully advocated for implementation of Essential Nutrition Actions in the most vulnerable areas together with the Scaling Up Nutrition movement’s Civil Society Alliance.

World Vision supports vulnerable Palestinian children through protection, education, and resilience programmes, reaching 521,000 people across 200 villages.

At APFSD 2026, children and regional leaders unite to close the 88% SDG progress gap. Explore how child-centred innovation and direct negotiation are shaping a resilient future for communities across the Asia-Pacific.

The Muong Ang Area Programme, in partnership with the Ngoi Cay Commune People’s Committee, distributed 70 solar-powered light sets to the Nam Cum community.

This policy brief provides a call to action for development partners of Viet Nam and Thailand as the primary destination of choice for Vietnamese migrants, to address key drivers of distress migration in communities of origin and to make migration safer, more humane and more just for Vietnamese parents and children alike, providing more support for those who stay behind and those who go, empowering children to help shape a better future for themselves.