On October 31 - November 1, about 100 farmers who are members of Hung Trach Environmental Agricultural Services Cooperative (Hung Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province) participated in the training course about the cultivation of organic peppers.

Helvetas Vietnam is organizing a series of training courses for about 1,200 ethnic minorities in the ecotourism chains in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Thua Thien - Hue provinces to improve livelihoods for communities living in buffer zones of national parks and nature reserves in Vietnam.

The project will run in two districts Mai Chau and Da Bac, with funding from the European Union (EU), implemented by Helvetas and the Centre for Rural Communities Research and Development (CCRD) under Land Alliance.