This project is a collaboration between the CO-Hanoi office, Bureau of Social Protection in the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), State Bank, Ministry of Finance, Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) and the Microfinance Working Group (MFWG). Targeting 150,000 low-income households in the informal economy – both in urban and rural areas of Viet Nam, the project aims to improve low income household’s access to microfinance services, including savings facilities and microinsurance. The project focuses on microfinance sector development through initiating new savings and microinsurance products, and at the same time strengthening institutional capacity of Microfinance Institutions (MFI) across Viet Nam.