The rapid development of aquaculture sector has contributed significantly to the Vietnams economy. However, it also caused negative impacts to the environment as well as the degrees of the benefits received by aquaculture farmers. The Government of Vietnam promotes the bottom-up planning approach where farmers participation is organized as an alternative for the top-down planning to ensure benefits to the farmers. This study focused on the issue of farmers participation in an aquaculture development project. The main objectives were to describe the institutional framework for farmers...