Welcome to IDE Vietnam

International Development Enterprises (IDE) is a         non-profit development organization dedicated to helping the poor invest         their way out of poverty. Our projects are market driven, stimulating         change by creating a demand for ideas and technologies ? including         irrigation, drinking water supply, improved health practices, and         post-harvest processing ? that have positive developmental impacts. 

Small and micro enterprises provide these products and         services, which create wealth and improve living standards, to the rural         poor. The enterprises are for-profit, and continue to sell their         services once IDE's assistance is withdrawn. Using this approach, IDE has created wealth among millions of poor         farmers by encouraging their investment in income generating products         and services. In 1998, for every $1 in donor support to IDE worldwide,         poor farmers invested $8, and generated a net return of $21.

Since beginning work in Vietnam in 1991, IDE has         improved incomes and health for tens of thousands of rural families in         15 provinces and built vibrant networks of hundreds of enterprises that         continue to expand and provide products and services for the benefit of         the rural poor.

Take a look around the site to learn about our projects         and our demand-driven core approach.

Whilst         IDE is a non-profit organization, its projects are implemented through         profitable and sustainable small and micro enterprises, growing with the         trend of economic liberalization in Vietnam

International Development         Enterprises

House #6, Ngo 161, Thai Ha St., Hanoi

 Tel: (84) 4 514 7800 / 514 7801            Fax: (84) 4 514 7802   E-Mail