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Analyses, Perspectives and Opinions

RLS Southeast Asia regularly publishes political analyses and working papers on current and relevant topics from the Mekong Region. Together with our partners, we shed light on different opinions and introduce perspectives on pressing social and ecological questions and challenges. The publications are categorized according to topics and countries and can be selected using the links below.

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An Ecological City For All: Challenges for a Socio-Ecological Transformation in A Changing Hanoi

Learn about the connection between urbanization and ecological crises from a global perspective and from a concrete example of a changing Hanoi.

Building the social-ecological future: Transformative approaches in Vietnam

Exploring transformative approaches to sustainability in Vietnam from initiatives of scientists, youth workers, and people who have been working with nature and for a sustainable coexistence for decades.

Environmental catastrophe is not only the problem of nature

When an environmental catastrophe occurs, nature is not the only victim. Humans, with their greed and unradical patches for disasters they have created, systematically oppress each other.

A dialogue with Marx on the relationship between Nature and Human

When an environmental catastrophe occurs, nature is not the only victim. Humans, with their greed and unradical patches for disasters they have created, systematically oppress each other.

The impact of the COVID lockdown on the rights of migrants with disabilities in Ho Chi Minh City

Although the impact of the Covid pandemic on people with disabilities has become the main concern of advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, there exists limited research on migrants with disabilities in big cities of Vietnam.

Pink Tax

When you go to a supermarket to buy shampoo or shop online for new summer clothes, do you ever look at the price of the same product when it is marketed toward women and men? Are you aware that women are often charged more for goods and services?

Food sovereignty: International experience and practice to ethnic minorities farmers in Vietnam

Over the past two decades, the concept of "Food Sovereignty" has been increasingly mentioned and has become an important topic in international discussions related to food security and development. However, in Vietnam, food sovereignty is still a new concept, it has rarely been known and hasn’t been used in any executive documents, programs, or policies of the Party or the Government.

Research on the impact of COVID-19 on the issue of Social security of women migrant workers in the informal sector in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city after the 2nd and 4th outbreaks

From the analyses, judgment, and the result of the surveying rounds, the research team put forward some recommendations and experiences, contributing to better quality and implementation of social security policies for marginalized groups, improving the medical and social security support system in the context of a pandemic and other emergency situations.

Agricultural production in Vietnam from the social-ecological transformation approach: Opportunities, challenges and policy implications

The book is a collection of articles presented at the international workshops in November 2021 on "Agricultural production in Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries from a social-ecological transformation approach: Opportunities, challenges, and policy implications".

Social-ecological transformation

Guidebook on the integration of social-ecological transformation into educational programs for youth.