The mid-term Meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam 2012opened in Dong Ha city in the central province of Quang Tri , onJune 5.
The meeting was attended by Deputy PrimeMinister Hoang Trung Hai and co-chaired by Minister for Planning andInvestment Bui Quang Vinh and the World Bank’s Country Director inVietnam , Victoria Kwakwa.
When addressing themeeting, Deputy PM Hai thanked the community of donors for helpingVietnam to develop as well as their commitment to support moves toreduce poverty and deal with the effects of natural disasters in thecountry’s central region.
“The meeting is anexcellent opportunity for the Vietnamese Government and donors todiscuss ways of boosting socio-economic development, reducing povertyand mitigating natural disasters in the central region, which boasts agreat deal of potential but also faces a lot of difficulties,” he said.
In the past, the Party and State have always paidattention to socio-economic development in the central region, he said,adding that many policies issued by the government have helped to boostregional development and regional economic development planning, as wellas improve the local people’s standard of living.
Despite its achievements in socio-economic development and povertyreduction, the central region still faces a lot of difficulties andchallenges. He said that the region houses 20 percent of the country’stotal population but its GDP is only 14 percent.
He said that high poverty levels, unsustainable economic growth and apoor infrastructure are hindering the development of central provinces, adding that every year the region suffers badly from naturaldisasters and climate change.
To boostsocio-economic development in the central region the government hasintroduced a number of policies to turn the region into a dynamic,economically developed one, to improve people’s living conditions.
The Deputy PM also stressed that the central provinces havereceived a lot of assistance from international donors with a range ofprojects from enhancing the region’s institutions, developing itsinfrastructure, reducing poverty levels, dealing with natural disastersto promoting sustainable environmental development, which hascontributed a lot to socio-economic development in the region.
The Vietnamese government highly values the assistance its donorsprovide and pledged to use the aid in an effective and transparentmanner and prevent corruption.
In his openingspeech, Minister Vinh said that this year the CG has focused itsattentions on poverty reduction and disaster mitigation in the centralregion.
The meeting also discussed the agenda for the next CG meeting as well as at other forums.
This is the 20 th CG meeting since the first one was held in Paris in late 1993.-VNA
The meeting was attended by Deputy PrimeMinister Hoang Trung Hai and co-chaired by Minister for Planning andInvestment Bui Quang Vinh and the World Bank’s Country Director inVietnam , Victoria Kwakwa.
When addressing themeeting, Deputy PM Hai thanked the community of donors for helpingVietnam to develop as well as their commitment to support moves toreduce poverty and deal with the effects of natural disasters in thecountry’s central region.
“The meeting is anexcellent opportunity for the Vietnamese Government and donors todiscuss ways of boosting socio-economic development, reducing povertyand mitigating natural disasters in the central region, which boasts agreat deal of potential but also faces a lot of difficulties,” he said.
In the past, the Party and State have always paidattention to socio-economic development in the central region, he said,adding that many policies issued by the government have helped to boostregional development and regional economic development planning, as wellas improve the local people’s standard of living.
Despite its achievements in socio-economic development and povertyreduction, the central region still faces a lot of difficulties andchallenges. He said that the region houses 20 percent of the country’stotal population but its GDP is only 14 percent.
He said that high poverty levels, unsustainable economic growth and apoor infrastructure are hindering the development of central provinces, adding that every year the region suffers badly from naturaldisasters and climate change.
To boostsocio-economic development in the central region the government hasintroduced a number of policies to turn the region into a dynamic,economically developed one, to improve people’s living conditions.
The Deputy PM also stressed that the central provinces havereceived a lot of assistance from international donors with a range ofprojects from enhancing the region’s institutions, developing itsinfrastructure, reducing poverty levels, dealing with natural disastersto promoting sustainable environmental development, which hascontributed a lot to socio-economic development in the region.
The Vietnamese government highly values the assistance its donorsprovide and pledged to use the aid in an effective and transparentmanner and prevent corruption.
In his openingspeech, Minister Vinh said that this year the CG has focused itsattentions on poverty reduction and disaster mitigation in the centralregion.
The meeting also discussed the agenda for the next CG meeting as well as at other forums.
This is the 20 th CG meeting since the first one was held in Paris in late 1993.-VNA
