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title: Vietnam Healthy Food Initiative
date: 2026-09-25T11:02:00-04:00
author: Mike Mella
canonical_url: "https://healthbridge.ca/projects/vietnam-healthy-food-initiative"
section: Projects
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#### Tobacco Control & NCD Prevention

### Current Project

 

 

   Location: Vietnam 

  Timeline: July 2026 - June 2028 

  Partners: 

 

- [Vietnam Food Administration (VFA)](https://vfa.gov.vn/)
- [The Vietnam Administration of Disease Prevention (VADP)](https://vadp.gov.vn/)
- [National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)](https://viendinhduong.vn/)
- [World Health Organization (WHO) Vietnam](https://www.who.int/vietnam)
 
 

  Donors: 

 

- [Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)/ Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI)](https://www.advocacyincubator.org/)
 
 

 

 

#### Project

### Description

 

This project supports Vietnam's transition toward healthier food policy, as the country revises its Law on Food Safety amid rising obesity and non-communicable disease (NCD) rates, which already account for over 77% of national deaths. Led by HealthBridge Vietnam in partnership with the Ministry of Health, National Institute of Nutrition, WHO Vietnam, and civil society allies, the initiative combines evidence generation, policy analysis, and strategic advocacy to advance front-of-package warning labeling (FOPWL) and restrictions on unhealthy food marketing to children. It also addresses school food environments by promoting evidence-based nutrition policies for children, while building on Vietnam's newly adopted sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax.

#### Project

### Expected Results

 

- Supporting the adoption and implementation of FOPWL and restrictions on unhealthy food marketing
- Strengthening evidence and systems for effective sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax implementation.
- Strengthening evidence-based approaches to healthier school food environments.