Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office Tetsuo Konaka has urged the Government of Vietnam to continue scrutinizing the process of allocating funds for official development assistance (ODA) projects.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources signed two agreements at the second high-level agricultural policy dialogue in Canberra on May 8.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has made remarkable contributions to rural electrification after 10 years of implementing the Resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas issued at the seventh plenum of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is seeking Japanese investments in nine projects, focusing on high-tech agriculture and industry, centralized IT, logistics and construction, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Thanh Thong.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wants to promote cooperation with France in the fields of hi-tech agriculture, infrastructure, medical equipment and education.
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway line, the first of its kind in the capital city of Hanoi, will start its test run on September 2, the project management board said on March 30.
Ho Chi Minh City wants to receive further assistance from the JICA in a number of key infrastructure projects, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.
The south-central coastal province of Phu Yen is implementing an electricty grid project worth nearly 237 billion VND (10.4 million USD) sourced from Japanese non-refundable official development assistance (ODA).
The Belgian Government’s official development assistance (ODA) will help the central province of Ninh Thuan to enhance capacity in the management and operation of its irrigational system as part of efforts to respond to climate change under a project launched on March 8.
Total foreign-sourced capital for projects will gradually decline as from 2018, when Vietnam will completely graduate from official development assistance, according to PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Vietnam’s central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue is cooperating with localities in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in various fields such as planning, health, tourism, and industry.
The Prime Minister has approved investment policies for a project to enhance participation of social and community organisations in preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS.
President Tran Dai Quang and Polish President Andrzej Duda chaired a press conference following their talks in Hanoi on November 28, saying they vowed to increase the exchange of all-level visits
Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung pointed out shortcomings in public debt management and put forth solutions to overcome in the coming time while answering questions raised by lawmakers at the fourth session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 16.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed to establish the framework of a comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and Canada during their talks in Hanoi.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) will provide 1.5 billion USD in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam for 2016-2020 via the Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF).
President Tran Dai Quang has reiterated the Vietnamese State’s consistent policy of promoting extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia with Japan.
The central Da Nang city’s Investment and Development Fund has agreed to provide a 7.9 million USD loan to the Da Nang Port joint-stock company to upgrade and expand the Tien Sa Port.
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