The Centre for Media and Development Initiatives (MDI) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to initiate and accelerate media and development initiatives in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It has been a leading NGO in development of investigative journalism in Vietnam, with high-profiled and well-respected international workshops and training activities for Vietnam’s top investigative journalists and editors. MDI’s purpose is to serve the public interest by harnessing the power of communications to inform, debate and educate.