Japan pledges US$400,000 in ODA

Home Society

HÀ NỘI — Japan has committed to give more than US$400,000 for four community projects across Việt Nam as a part of its long-term aid to the country.

In a signing ceremony held in Hà Nội yesterday, Japanese Ambassador in Việt Nam Hiroshi Fukada pledged to provide funding to three provinces to build a primary school in Cao Bằng, a school dormitory in Yên Bái and a box culvert across a stream in Lâm Đồng that frequently floods the road during the rainy season and isolates the residents.

Japan’s non-refundable official development assistance (ODA), totalling $406,893, will also provide Đà Nẵng and the neighbouring Quảng Nam Province with specific equipment for printing in braille, enabling blind people in those localities to have equal access to information.

“The non-refundable ODA plays an important role in promoting an inclusive economic development so that the wealth gap is not to be widened,” said Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada.

For the fiscal year of 2015, which runs from April 1, 2015 to March 31, Japan pledged to grant 300 billion yen ($2.56 billion) of ODA to Việt Nam. — VNS

Tags Japan Viet Nam ODA

Over 100 skeletons discovered during drainage construction in Hà Nội

Society

Fading traditions: Vietnamese crafts in decline

Society

Đắc Lắk Province - Bright spot in housing programme implementation for ethnic minorities

Society

Disadvantaged groups in Việt Nam to benefit from tele-health services

Society

HCM City announces fares for its Metro Line 1

Society

Helmets given to kids for a safer tomorrow

More on this story

Society

Fire destroys 20,000 tonnes of sliced cassava

A fire broke out at about 8pm yesterday, destroying nearly 20,000 tonnes of sliced cassavas belonging to Phú Lợi Private Company in Ia Dêr Commune.

Society

VN embassy sets up hotlines after Brussels attacks

The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium has launched two hotlines to receive emergency information relating to Vietnamese nationals there following the terror attacks in Brussels yesterday, the foreign affairs ministry said.

Society

Chinese firm wins Đà River Water Project contract

China’s Xinxing Corporation has won the bid for the supply of materials for the second phase of the Đà River water pipeline.

Society

Gender equality project educates State employees

More than 1,400 State office workers, and 1,000 lecturers and students received training and access to technical documents about gender equality.

Society

PM approves mineral exploitation ban

The Government has approved the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment’s temporary ban on mining at many places in the central province of Ninh Thuận.

Society

New delta co-op project approved

The Prime Minister has approved a project for three new farm co-operative models for rice, aquatic products and fruit in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta by 2020. The project aims to promote connections between co-operatives and farmers, as well as improve the conditions of local people.

Society

Drug trafficker gets death penalty

The People’s Court of the northern province of Hòa Bình sentenced two drug traffickers for illegally transporting heroin.

Society

Hospital uses new surgical technique

Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital’s cardiac surgery ward have begun using a less invasive surgical technique to treat patients with aortic disease.

Society

Việt Nam ranks fourth in new ’well-being’ study

Việt Nam has ranked fourth out of 149 countries assessed for how well they convert national wealth into well-being for the population, according to a recent analysis from the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA).