USAID’s contributions to socio-economic development lauded
Deputy PM lauds USAID’s contributions to socio-economic development
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has applauded contributions of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to Vietnam’s socio-economic development as well as national management.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and USAID Director Michael Greene (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has applaudedcontributions of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) toVietnam’s socio-economic development as well as national management.
At a reception for Michael Greene, USAID Director, in Hanoi on December 7, theDeputy PM highlighted the agency’s humanitarian aid to Vietnamese Agent Orange(AO)/dioxin victims and dioxin remediation in the country, along with itsprojects on HIV/AIDS prevention, climate change response and settlement ofnatural disaster and post-war consequences.
Michael Greene said the USAID has cooperated with Vietnam for many years,through projects that provide technical support in the fields of nationalmanagement and economic development.
The agency is designing two projects worth more than 50 million USD innon-refundable aid, aiming to help Vietnam implement a programme on tradefacilitation and supporting Vietnamese small-and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) to participate in the global supply chain, he noted.
In this regard, Deputy PM Hue stressed the Vietnamese Government’s consistentpolicy of strongly improving the domestic business environment, which hasjumped 23 places over the past two years.
He urged experts and officials of the USAID to team up with officials of theVietnamese Ministry of Finance to identify contents of the USAID-fundedproject.
The Vietnamese Government also wishes to promote the private economic sector,connect SMEs together as well as Vietnamese firms with their foreigncounterparts, Hue said.
He said the Ministry of Planning and Investment will be assigned to develop aframework for the aforementioned project.
The projects selected by the USAID are suitable with Vietnam’s current needs,Hue said, adding that the Vietnamese Government welcomes and will assign relevantministries and agencies to implement the project effectively.-VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and USAID Director Michael Greene (Source: VNA) 
