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How do Viet Nam’s policies shape food environments? A landscape analysis from SHiFT researchers
Current food systems are failing to address the triple burden of malnutrition — undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition. In Viet Nam, progress has been made in reducing the prevalence of undernourishment and childhood stunting, but rates of overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing, especially in urban areas. It is well understood that people’s food environments affect their food choices, but how do the Vietnamese government’s policies shape food environments in ways that support healthy diets and nutrition?
To help answer this question, researchers from the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT), in collaboration with the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), conducted a policy landscape analysis of Viet Nam’s food environment.
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