Japan will provide 2 million USD to help Vietnam improve its capacity to carry out afforestation projects over the next three years.

An agreement to this effect was signed in the capital city of Hanoi on Dec. 7 between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

JICA is currently supporting Vietnam ’s forestry development by providing technical assistance, non-refundable aid and loans to the country’s projects covering afforestation, sustainable forest management and conservation of nature reserves./.