two grant contracts worth more than 190,000 USD

Hanoi (VNA) – The Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam , Mitsuo Sakaba, on July 15
signed two grant contracts worth more than 190,000 USD in support of social
infrastructure in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai .

Of the assistance, 97,000 USD will go to construction of Anh Hung Nup Primary
School in Phu Thien district and the same amount of aid will be earmarked for the
rural road project in Klu village of Chu Prong district, according to press
releases of the Japanese Embassy.

Ambassador Sakaba said at the signing ceremony that he hopes the projects will
improve educational environment and the road and transportation condition of the two
localities.

“I also hope that through this project, the friendship and mutual understanding
between Japan and Viet Nam will be further deepened,” he added.

Phu Thien and Chu Prong are the two far-flung districts in Gia Lai province,
considered as the less developed area in Vietnam .

Phu Thien district is heavily lacking in primary school facilities. Its current Anh
Hung Nup primary school does not have any permanent facilities, with its seven
classrooms locating in different villages. Upon completion of the new project, local
pupils will enjoy a new two-storey building with eight classrooms.

For Chu Prong district, a new cement road linking Klu village and the neighbourhoods
is expected to improve the socio-economic activities within the area.

Japan resumed providing official development assistance to Vietnam since 1991.
Non-refundable aid, which is one of the main five types of the Japan-Vietnam
economic cooperation framework, is mainly focused on human resources development,
infrastructure, vaccine production and afforestation.- Enditem