Yen Bai launches 20 ADB-funded projects

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has incorporated and prioritised resources for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous regions for the 2021-2025 period at a total cost of over 14 trillion VND (608 million USD).
Yen Bai launches 20 ADB-funded projects ảnh 1At the working session (Photo: Bao Yen Bai)

Yen Bai (VNA) – The northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai has incorporated and prioritised resources forsocio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous regions for the2021-2025 period at a total cost of over 14 trillion VND (608 million USD).

It was revealed during a working sessionbetween the provincial authorities and working delegations from the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), the UN Development Programme and the Committee forEthnic Affairs on a ADB-funded project improving institutional capacity to carryout the master plan on socio-economic development in ethnic minority andmountainous areas for the 2021-2030 period.

Since 1998, Yen Bai has launched 20 ADB-fundedprogrammes and projects in the fields of rural agriculture, environment-disasterprevention, traffic infrastructure and education, training, health care andsocial affairs. Most of them have been put into use so far and provedeffective, contributing to local socio-economic development.

At present, the committee and ADB are helping Yen Bai build andsubmit a project on green infrastructure in adaption with climate change forethnic minority regions at a total estimated capital of 64.25 million USD.

At the session, they discussed demand for support related toproduction, tourism, gender equality promotion and proposals in the project./.

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