WB, Japan support greater access to legal services for the poor in Vietnam

The World Bank (WB) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on July 26 signed an agreement on the provision of a 2.5 million USD grant from the Japan Social Development Fund to finance a project that will strengthen the delivery of legal aid services to vulnerable groups in the northern part of Vietnam, focusing on Dien Bien and Yen Bai provinces.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The World Bank (WB) and theState Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on July 26 signed an agreement on the provision of a 2.5million USD grant from the Japan Social Development Fund to finance a projectthat will strengthen the delivery of legal aid services to vulnerable groups inthe northern part of Vietnam, focusing on Dien Bien and Yen Bai provinces.

The project, Vietnam: Improved Delivery of Legal Aidfor the Poor and Vulnerable, will support legal aid services covering criminallaw (with a special focus on gender-based violence), marriage and family law,and employment and labor law.

It is estimated that nearly 10,000 people, includingethnic minorities, poor households, survivors of gender-based violence, andpeople with disabilities, will benefit from the project’s interventions.

The Japan Social Development Fund, which is apartnership between the Government of Japan and the WB, provides grants insupport of community-driven development and poverty reduction projects thatempower the poorest and most vulnerable groups not reached by other programmesand improve their lives through direct benefits./.
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