The Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam said over the past years, his government has passed many ODA projects on technical assistance, human resources training, and building hospitals in Vietnam.
The Australian Government, through agencies and partners, have launched many official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam, including those on climate change adaptation and clean energy infrastructure.
The relationship between Vietnam and Japan is currently at the finest development stage, with a historical milestone being the elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in November 2023, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang told her Japanese counterpart Komura Masahiro during a meeting on April 5 in Tokyo.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received Executive Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi in Hanoi on March 26.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment chaired a meeting on March 9 to discuss solutions to resolve difficulties and obstacles so as to accelerate the implementation of projects using loans from the World Bank (WB) in the Mekong Delta region, Ho Chi Minh City, and the southern province of Binh Duong.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working breakfast with President of the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) of Japan Ken Matsuzawa and its members in Tokyo on December 18 on the occasion of his trip to the East Asian country to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.
The final sections of the Tran Hoang Na bridge spanning Can Tho River in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho were linked on August 26 after almost three years of construction.
Chairman of the People's Committee of northern Lao Cai province Trinh Xuan Truong on June 2 hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio, during which he showed the locality’s desire to further promote cooperation with Japanese partners.
Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office, was honoured with the insignia “For the development of Vietnam's transport sector” by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) on March 23.
A conference on the development of the Hong (Red River) Delta region under the chair of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will be organised on February 12 in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city.
Legal steps for operating ODA projects are simplified to accelerate the disbursement of the soft foreign loans after amendments to nine laws took effect earlier this month, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
The Party, State, Government and people of Vietnam take Japan as one of the partners of top importance which enjoys a high trust in the country’s foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told visiting Japanese Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo in Hanoi on September 12.
Problems remain in the implementation of Hanoi’s middle-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Phung Thi Hong Ha said.
As of August 27, five out of 62 localities nationwide have submitted requests to give back official development assistance (ODA) totalingover 1.61 trillion VND (700 million USD). But in the remaining localities, the disbursement of the capital is predicted to be at a low level.
The Government Office said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered the setting up of a managing unit for the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway project.
A visiting delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture had a working session with Can Tho’s authorities in the Mekong Delta city on August 20 to look at possibilities of bilateral collaboration across fields.
As official development assistance (ODA) plays an important role in the country’s socio-economic development, Vietnam hopes to receive further supports from its partners to diversify capital sources, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said on July 10.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung met with the head of the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF), the President of the Republic of Korea (RoK)-Vietnam Friendship Association and leaders of several major RoK corporations in Seoul on December 4.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 11 said he is happy at the rapid, practical and comprehensive development of the Vietnam – Japan relations, stressing that the pushing up of the recent exchanges of high-level delegations has helped strengthen bilateral trust.
