Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given a nod to the Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) to convene its mid-term meeting in the central province of Ha Tinh .

According to the Government Office’s Official Letter No 9396/VPCP-QHQT, the Ministry of Planning and Investment will coordinate with the World Bank and relevant agencies to organise the meeting.

The CG meeting serves as a platform for the government and donors to discuss Vietnam ’s socio-economic performance, review the sponsors’ implementation of their commitments that had been made in previous meetings and work out measures to improve the effectiveness of aids.

At the 2010 CG meeting that took place on December 7-8, the donor community pledged 7.905 billion USD as Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the country.

Two CG meetings are held each year, including a formal meeting in December and another in June.

The first CG meeting was organised in Paris in November, 1993./.