In June 2025, the Landscape Resilience Fund and WWF-Viet Nam, in partnership with the Department of Industry and Trade of Quang Tri, co-organised a multi-stakeholder platform meeting in Dong Ha City focused on mobilising sustainable finance for enterprises and community livelihoods in the biodiversity corridors of the Central Annamites.
This annual forum is a central pillar of the Landscape Resilience Fund’s landscape programme in Vietnam, and this year’s event aimed to identify opportunities and needs for green finance, and connect stakeholders to develop solutions. More than 70 representatives from government agencies, community groups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), financial institutions, NGOs, and research organisations came together to exchange experiences, share challenges, and identify opportunities to finance inclusive, climate-resilient, and biodiversity-positive initiatives.
Participants explored practical financing tools, from green credit packages and payment for forest environmental services (PFES) to impact investment and public-private partnerships. Case studies, including the Slow Coffee business model, demonstrated how biodiversity-friendly practices and sustainable value chains can attract investors while delivering tangible conservation and community benefits.
Outcomes included:
- Participants gained an improved understanding of ESG, conservation finance, and green lending topics.
- SMEs expressed a strong interest to strengthen their ESG frameworks and reporting, and local banks confirmed the importance of ESG when making lending decisions
- New connections between communities, banks, NGOs, and impact investors, to support future collaboration.
- A demonstration of strong demand for small-scale green financing packages and community revolving funds, which can encourage government, NGOs, and local banks to develop suitable support.
- Local government stated their support for this type of multi-stakeholder collaboration, and suggested that in the future the MSP could be integrated into similar existing government initiatives
Recommendations from participants included creating a digital green finance portal, designing accessible small-scale financing schemes, consolidating value chains for greater market leverage, and providing ongoing training and advisory support.
By linking finance, markets, and conservation, this workshop reinforced the Landscape Resilience Fund and WWF’s joint commitment to building the technical capacity, partnerships, and financial solutions needed for a thriving Central Annamites—where nature, communities, and the economy grow together.
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Find out more information on the Multi-stakeholder Platform Meeting in this summary document: