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Japan provides aid to Vietnam’s grassroots projects

Japan has provided 727,400 USD to two grassroots social projects in central Vietnam: optical coherence tomography (OCT) equipment for the Hue Eye Hospital and a mine clearance project, managed by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in the central province of Quang Binh.
Japan provides aid to Vietnam’s grassroots projects ảnh 1Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda (fourth from right) and representatives of grassroots human security projects in Vietnam at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Japan hasprovided 727,400 USD to two grassroots social projects in central Vietnam: opticalcoherence tomography (OCT) equipment for the Hue Eye Hospital and a mineclearance project, managed by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in the centralprovince of Quang Binh.

The aid will be used to purchase OCTmachines to serve some three million people suffering from eye diseases in thenorthern central and central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and ThuaThien-Hue, said Pham Minh Truong, director of the Hue Eye Hospital, during theceremony.

Part of Japan’s “Grassroots GrantAssistant Programme” in Vietnam, the signing ceremony took place lastweek in Hanoi with the participation of Kunio Umeda, JapaneseAmbassador to Vietnam, and project representatives.

Simon Rea, countrydirector of MAG in Vietnam, said the organisation will use the aid toidentify and destroy 2,100 bombs and unexploded ordnances, clearing around 2.6million square metres of land, as well as paying 81 MAG staff in the Quang BinhProvince and organising 128 training workshops on mine clearance for them.

“These projects will not only minimisethe threats to the existence and livelihoods of people at grassroots level, butalso benefit them greatly,” Ambassador Umeda said.

Established in 1992, Japan’s GrassrootsGrant Assistance Programme has supported 600 grassroots projects in Vietnam,with Official Development Assistance (ODA) totalling 50 million USD.-VNA
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