The “Adaptation in the Mekong Delta” project will splash out 35 billion VND from the climate change adaptation co-sponsoring fund to support households and cooperative groups in Tra Vinh in climate change adaptation.
The “Happiness programme” in central Quang Tri province funded by the Republic of Korea (RoK) has helped improve infrastructure and living conditions of locals, heard a conference to review three-year implementation of the programme on February 6.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will splash out over 46.5 billion VND (2.04 million USD) on developing local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with 40.6 billion VND (1.78 million USD) coming from the non-refundable aid of the Canadian Government.
Japanese government non-refundable aid worth more than 158,200 USD will be poured into the second phase of a project developing organic agriculture in the southern province of Ben Tre.
The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, on December 22, signed contracts to provide non-refundable aid worth nearly 400,000 USD for five health care and educational projects.
A clean water supply plant has been inaugurated in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, benefiting 1,550 households in An Truong commune, Cang Long district.
The Luxembourg Government has pledged 2 million EUR in non-refundable aid to support the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s climate change response project through the Global Climate Partnership Fund.
The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Physical Training of Laos held a ground-breaking ceremony for three education facilities in Vientiane, Laos on November 14.
Payment and site clearance delay are major barriers to official development assistance (ODA)-funded projects in Vietnam, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has expressed his wish to continue receiving support from the KfW Development Bank of Germany in KfW-funded projects in the city.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has attracted several projects funded by foreign aid, according to Director of the provincial Department of External Affairs Tran Cong Phu.
Japan has provided nearly 2 million USD for 18 projects in 15 localities in Vietnam as part of the Japanese Government’s grassroots non-refundable aid programme.
The Irish Times of Ireland on November 6 ran a long article covering the eight-day trip of President Michael D. Higgins to Vietnam and Laos, saying his State visit to Vietnam marks the 20-year bilater
The northern province of Quang Ninh will complete housing support for 154 disadvantaged households and 199 other beneficiary families by the end of year
The Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City signed an agreement on October 21 on providing non-refundable aid worth 405,556 USD for five projects in southern Vietnam.
The Japanese Government has agreed to provide a non-refundable aid package worth 3.206 billion JPY (equivalent to 30 million USD) for the Cambodian Royal Government.
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