Kuwait helps Ha Tinh develop infrastructure
The Kuwaiti Government will provide 14.6
million USD in loans through the Kuwait Fund to help central Ha Tinh
province develop its infrastructure.
The loans contract was
signed in Hanoi on March 25 by Deputy Finance Minister Tran Xuan Ha and
Kuwait Fund Deputy General Director Hesham Al-Waqayan.
Addressing
the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister Ha said the signing of the loans
contract provides evidence of the increasing development of the close
economic cooperation between the two countries.
The Finance
Ministry said that through the Kuwait Fund, the Kuwaiti State has funded
nine projects in Vietnam with a total loan of 38 million Kuwaiti dina
(140 million USD).
The capital has been poured into rural infrastructure projects and small-scale irrigation and traffic works in poor provinces.
A
number of projects have been put into operation, including the Dau
Tieng reservoir, the Van Dinh irrigation scheme and Dac Ta-Ngoc Linh
road segment./.