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VUSTA was established according to Decision N0 121/HDBT on July 29th 1983 by the Minister's Council (now the Government) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. VUSTA is endowed with functions as follows: Grouping, uniting individuals of domestic scientific and technological intelligentsia as well as overseas Vietnamese intellects; Acting as a clue/liaison base between member associations and with the various organs of the Party, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other organizations for dealing with issues arisen in VUSTA's activities; Representing, protecting legitimate rights and interests of member associations of Vietnamese scientific and technological intelligentsia.

ISS is an international graduate school of policy-oriented critical social science. It brings together students and teachers from the Global South and the North in a European environment. Established in 1952 as the International Institute of Social Studies by Dutch universities and the Netherlands Ministry of Education it does research, teaching and public service in the field of development studies and international cooperation. We are located in The Hague, known as "The World's Legal Capital"

ICCO was founded in 1964. ICCO developed her own programme for development co-operation in the seventies and eighties.
In addition, she was closely involved with developing a co-financing programme. ICCO aims to work towards a world where poverty and injustice are no longer present. ICCO's work consists in financing activities which stimulate and enable people, in their own way, to organise dignified housing and living conditions. ICCO is active in countries in Africa and the Middle East, in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Asia, Oceania and Eastern Europe.
ICCO respects the individual culture, history, and social role of the organisations concerned. In co-operating, ICCO considers it important to actively listen to, and think with these organisations. ICCO is one of the six co-financing organisations in the Netherlands and for performing its duties it receives about 120 million Euros from the Dutch and European governments, and from organisations participating in ICCO. ICCO is accountable to politicians and society for the way in which these moneys are spent.

FF is a private, independent, non-profit, non-political philanthropic organization headquartered in New York City. The Foundation also has offices in 12 other countries from which its makes grants to individuals and institutions in 40 countries around the world.

The Foundation's work in Vietnam is currently focused on five program fields: International Cooperation; Poverty Alleviation; Sexuality and Reproductive Health; Education and Scholarship; and Arts and Culture. The Foundation seeks to respond to the needs of Vietnam in these areas by contributing to enhancement of the knowledge, skills and problem-solving ability of Vietnamese researchers, policy makers, and practitioners working in these areas. While solutions that Vietnam devises for addressing its development challenges must be uniquely Vietnamese, Foundation grants continue to provide Vietnamese individuals and institutions with access to the best thinking and training worldwide.