Ford Grant 2006 is part of the Ford Motor Company's "Conservation and Environmental Grants," an annual global programme launched by the company to help conserve the environment and natural resources, as well as preserve cultural and historical heritage in more than 40 countries worldwide.

This is the seventh consecutive year the programme has funded Vietnamese projects.
Since 1999, it has helped implement 64 small- and medium-sized projects in 20 provinces and cities across the country by providing US$280,000 worth of grants.

A number of these projects have yielded positive results, including a scheme to improve the environment in the paper-making village of northern Bac Giang province, a project to preserve the unique Khmer folk music of Robam in southern Soc Trang province, and a plan to revitalise the Thanh Dinh festival at Hung Temples in northern Phu Tho province.