This paper examines the implications of climate change on human development in the context of Viet Nam. The report is organized into the following section: trends and predictions for physical vulnerability to climate change, climate change vulnerability in a changing socio-economic context, the institutional and policy environment for climate change response and Viet Nam’s current climate change responses and adaptations. The report concludes by arguing that climate change represents a very real threat to human development progress and co-ordinated action to reduce the impacts of climate change should be a top priority for policymakers, international organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations. The report also asserts that vulnerability to climate change is strongly connected to poverty; therefore, the best long-term adaptation measure for the most vulnerable is continued attempts to reduction poverty in all its forms.