UNDP helps women in Viet Nam

Two projects, one promoting biogas as an alternative energy source and the other providing access to clean water, are examples of how technology can be used by and for women. The biogas project, in Quang Ninh province, has helped families reduce household chores by 40 per cent, eliminated smoke from cooking over wood fires and put animal waste to good use. A biogas tank, built from bricks and other local materials, generates gas for cooking, heating water and other uses from waste from stables, latrines and kitchens. It costs less than a septic tank.