The guide was developed by the Overseas Development Institute’s (ODI) Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme and is a key output from a project by UNDP in Vietnam, which focused on building the capacity of Vietnamese researchers to communicate research more effectively to policy-makers. It draws mainly on international good practices rather than specifically those in Vietnam and discusses three tools, which communicate research through the communication channel of ‘print media’. The guide draws on materials produced by a range of international funders and research institutes, particularly the International Development Research Centre in Canada (IDRC).