A cooperation agreement to this effect was signed by Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs Giang Seo Phu,and Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank Country Director for Vietnam, ata ceremony in Hanoi on May 25.
Theagreement comprises pre-feasibility studies in a number of provincesthroughout the country between July and October this year.
The development of a law on ethnic minority affairs is part of theongoing efforts to implement the Action Plan on the Strategy on EthnicMinority Affairs by 2020, which was approved by the Prime Minister in2013, the Minister explained.
Meanwhile, the WBDirector expressed hope that the project would help address thedevelopment challenges faced by Vietnam’s ethnic minorities, while alsoboosting the relationship between the WB and the Government ofVietnam.-VNA