NGOs offer 300mln USD-plus aid to Vietnam in 2014
The number of foreign
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in Vietnam is on the rise
with an aid value of over 300 million USD this year, reported the
Committee on NGOs during a conference in Hanoi on December 30.
During
2014, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) welcomed 1,860 guests from 760 NGO delegations coming to launch development
projects.
A series of conferences and workshops were held to
appeal for aid in and outside the country as well as connect sponsors
and NGOs with Vietnamese partners.
The committee released a code
of administrative procedures in five languages in support of NGOs while
enhancing personnel training at both central and local levels.
Besides
NGOs, it also raised funding in embassies, United Nations bodies,
development cooperation agencies and business community.
VUFO
Vice President and General Secretary Don Tuan Phong, who is also deputy
head of the committee, said NGOs are shifting their development
assistance to the fields of environment, climate change, capability
building and policy lobby.
Next year, the committee will further
provide NGOs with administrative, technical and legal assistance while
enhancing ties with development partners and promoting personnel
training in ministries, agencies and localities.
Concluding the
event, Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the committee Ho Xuan Son
urged involved agencies to work harder to make NGOs a channel that
supports Vietnam in every domain, especially those related to the
national development.-VNA