Executing entities: Location: Viet Nam Dates: 2016–2022 Implementing Mangrove Restoration to Improve Context Viet Nam is one of 30 ‘extreme risk’ countries on the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, with 60,000 coastal homes damaged in storms and floods each year. In the Mekong and Red River deltas, lives and local community livelihoods are at risk from saltwater intrusion, extremeweather events, and sea level rise. Viet Nam’s natural buffer, mangrove forests, are in steep decline from increasing population pressure and poorly designed aquaculture. Government reports estimate that mangrovecover decreased from 408,500 ha to 59,760 ha between 1943 and 2008. Mangrove restoration will support local fisheries, buffer against sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, and protect communities from sea surges and storms. The project aims to provide resilient building plans for coastal communities, to improve mangrove replanting and natural regeneration, and to provide enhanced climate risk information to public and private sectors. © “Women at work” by Jonas Hansel is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Project objectives: Through scaling up previous restoration interventions, this project aims to improvecoastal resilience through: Increase mangrove coverage: to provide a natural buffer between coastal communities and the sea. Enhance climate risk information: to guide climate-resilient and risk-informed planning. Safe housing: to protect vulnerable coastal communities from increased flooding and storms. Funding: Total project budget: $41,984,578 (USD) the Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities to Climate Change Related Impacts in Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Viet Nam)and other in country ministries Ministry of Construction $8,000,000 (USD) Green Climate Fund $29,523,000 (USD) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development $1,407,000 (USD) Nature-based Solution: Mangrove Restorationand Natural Regeneration Ecosystem: Mangroves Biodiversity 1,442 ha ofmangroves plantedor regenerated. Climate 34,414 tCO2sequestered. People 2,402 storm resilient houses built; 906 people protectedby the mangrove buffer, 39% women. Project achievements as of 2019: 152