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PM Pham Minh Chinh meets with USAID Administrator

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power in Washington D.C on May 13 (local time), as part of his activities while on a working visit to the US.
PM Pham Minh Chinh meets with USAID Administrator ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power. (Photo: VNA)
Washington D.C (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhhad a meeting with Administrator of the United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) Samantha Power in Washington D.Con May 13 (local time), as part of his activities while on a working visit tothe US.

At the meeting, PM Chinh highly appreciatedUSAID's contributions to the recent development of Vietnam-US relations througheffective aid activities, contributing to the settlement of post-warconsequences, hunger eradication and poverty alleviation, and promotion ofsustainable and inclusive development in Vietnam.

The PM welcomed USAID's plan to expand operations in Vietnam,speed up approval procedures and implement projects to increase theeffectiveness of development aid.

He suggested USAID continue to increase support for Vietnamin overcoming the consequences of the war, focusing on handling AgentOrange/dioxin at Bien Hoa Airport and other hotspots, supporting people withdisabilities, war victims, supporting the search for remains of Vietnamesemartyrs, and especially helping with DNA assessment capacity of Vietnamesescientists through the construction of a high-tech centre in this field.

While welcoming USAID's 70-million-USD financialsupport for Fulbright University Vietnam for the development and modernisation ofeducational institutions and universities in the country, the PM also askedUSAID to further assist Vietnam in health, culture, environmental protection,combating climate change and protecting biodiversity in the Mekong Delta.

Power informed aboutUSAID’s plan to expand and enhance its operational efficiency in Vietnam. USAIDwill focus on assisting Vietnam in dioxin decontamination, bomb and mine clearance, marineenvironment protection, response to climate change and energy transition, shesaid.

The Administrator also introduced anumber of USAID-funded global initiatives in reducing ocean plastic waster andsustainable infrastructure development in which  Vietnam can take part.

At the meeting, PM Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation witnessed the exchange of twocooperation documents between USAID and the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment to improve economic competitiveness andsupport local capacity development. Thecooperation would last until 2028 with the total amount of official developmentassistance being 100 million USD.

A project on enhancing thecompetitiveness of Vietnam’s private sector (IPS-C) was also announced. Theproject, with an ODA amount of 36.3 million USD will last until 2025./.
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