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Pacific Partnership 2019 programme opens in Phu Yen

The Pacific Partnership 2019 programme (PP19) opened in the central coastal province of Phu Yen on May 6, aiming to improve capacity in response to natural disasters in the Indo-Pacific region.
Pacific Partnership 2019 programme opens in Phu Yen ảnh 1At the opening ceremony of the Pacific Partnership 2019 programme (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Phu Yen (VNA) – The Pacific Partnership 2019 programme (PP19) opened inthe central coastal province of Phu Yen on May 6, aiming to improve capacity inresponse to natural disasters in the Indo-Pacific region.

The programme, promoted by the United States Navy in 2004, will last until May18, with a wide range of activities, including medical examinations for localpeople, medical expertise exchange, the construction and repair of hospitalsand schools, and a conference on natural disaster response, among others.

US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka said that the US wants tojoin hands with its partners to help Vietnam realise the country’s targets inbuilding capacity to respond to natural calamities and contributing to ensuringthe Indo-Pacific as a safe region through PP19 and other humanitarianprogrammes.

Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Chi Hienstressed that the Pacific Partnership programme, successfully held in Vietnam onnine occassions, is a vivid illustration of sound cooperation among regionalcountries in coping with climate change.

This is an opportunity for Phu Yen province to join Vietnam and regionalnations’ efforts in bettering their capacity of disaster response, he said,adding that it will help the locality consolidate relations between Vietnam andits partners around the world. –VNA 
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