The Civil Society Inclusion in Food Security and Poverty Elimination Network (CIFPEN) was established on the grounds of a working group of Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (VNGOs) on December 2002, headed by the Consultative Institute of Socio-economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA). CIFPEN members are those VNGOs working in the fields of rural, agricultural development; health; education and conservation. Cooperation, interactive collaboration and information sharing are the key factors in CIFPEN's operations. Apart from a positive contribution to the national work of poverty reduction and hunger elimination individually, CIFPEN has developed some initial collaborative activities among group members.