Hanoi (VNA) – The Japanese Government on March 10 announced a grant of 1.38 million USD as non-refundable aid for nine projects in Vietnam.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Hanoi, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio said these projects involve a range of fields, including health care, education, transport and environment, and will be carried out in a variety of communities across the country.
They comprise a project on cluster bomb disposal in central Quang Binh province and a project to upgrade rehabilitation and vocational training equipment for Thai Binh province's Association for Agent Orange/dioxin Victims.
Projects on building schools, bridges, irrigation works and clean water supply stations in other provinces are also included in the package.
Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)
According to the ambassador, the scale of each project of non-refundable aid at the grassroots level is not large, but the projects are designed to bring key benefits to the maximum amount of people in these communities. A total of 724 Japanese-funded projects have been implemented since 1992 with a total amount of up to 64.5 million USD, he said. Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims (VAVA), thanked the Japanese Government for the assistance, saying it has brought practical benefits to many Agent Orange/dioxin victims and their descendants in recent years, he noted./.
Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairwoman of its Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai on February 27 received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, who is on a visit to Vietnam to attend the eighth Vietnam-Japan Festival.
As a country with high sense of responsibility, Vietnam is willing to cooperate with Japan in realising global commitments and goals, thus turning the bilateral relations into a model in partnership between a developing country and a developed one, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.
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At the ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) 
