In 2015, the Rufford Small Grants conference was firstly held at the VNUHCM - University of Science. This conference had received 40 participants from 4 universities, 3 research institutes, 6 organizations, and 3 countries (Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam), including young researchers, lecturers, and undergraduate students.
In order to improve exchanges of communication between Rufford’s recipients in South- east Asia countries and information between Rufford Foundation and its grant recipients as well, the 2nd RSG conference is held in Hanoi, Vietnam with generous financial support from Rufford Small Grants Foundation, and kind administrative and logistic support of the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IIBES) and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR)-Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).
