Southernmost Ca Mau province is calling for more financial aid from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) between 2015 and 2017 to support its socio-economic development goals.

Ca Mau is seeking to boost cooperation with NGOs in several priority areas, including agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development; health care; education and vocational training; social issues; disaster prevention and emergency rescue; and climate change adaption.

The province has been working with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) to search for NGOs capable of supporting improvements in priority areas while providing its staff with foreign language lessons and courses on external affairs.

Since 2013, it has successfully raised over 64 billion VND (2.93 million USD) from NGO financial sources for 31 local projects which have been strictly managed and kept on schedule by provincial authorities.

The projects have helped the locality improve healthcare services and education, build bridges and resettlement houses, supply clean water, support street children, provide free medical check-ups for the poor and prevent human trafficking.-VNA