Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received JICA Senior Executive Vice President

Phó Thủ tướng Trần Lưu Quang tiếp Phó Chủ tịch điều hành cấp cao JICA - Ảnh 1. — Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received JICA Senior Executive Vice President Yamada Junichi - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his pleasure to meet Mr. Yamada Junichi again to discuss ODA cooperation between the two countries, more than 2 months after his official visit to Japan to attend the 28th Conference on the Future of Asia and work in Japan.

The Deputy Prime Minister thanked the Government and people of Japan for their effective support in socio -economic development and poverty reduction in Vietnam through official development assistance (ODA) over the past 30 years, including a loan worth more than 60 million yen signed by the two sides in early July 2023.

At the meeting, the two sides discussed in depth the implementation of several ODA projects in Vietnam. The Deputy Prime Minister said that he regularly listened to reports from units on the progress of projects using Japanese ODA capital, affirming that the Government is actively removing difficulties and obstacles to promote these projects.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Government Office to request units to report on the progress of 7 projects using Japanese ODA capital, including: 50 billion Yen support to implement the General Budget Support Program for Post-COVID-19 Recovery and Development; North-South Expressway Construction Project, Ben Luc-Long Thanh Section; Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien Urban Railway Project; Cho Ray Hospital Construction Project, Second Facility; Hanoi Urban Railway Construction Project, Line 2, Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao Section; Ho Chi Minh City Water Environment Improvement Project, Phase 2; and Ho Chi Minh City Drainage Rehabilitation Project, before holding a meeting to agree on solutions to promote the implementation of these projects.

On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang proposed that Japan provide ODA for a number of railway projects, digital transformation, green transformation and climate change response in Vietnam.

JICA Vice President also informed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang about the orientation of supporting new generation ODA for Vietnam in the coming time, including standby credits in case of public health crises, natural disasters, supporting loans through intermediaries, and equity financing for the private sector to implement infrastructure projects.

The Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the proposals on new-generation ODA cooperation content proposed by JICA because they are suitable to Vietnam's needs, and assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and discuss specifically with JICA.

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