Deputy PM receives JICA Executive Senior Vice President

HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang affirmed Việt Nam's efforts to speed up the projects funded by official development assistance (ODA) of Japan while receiving Executive Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi in Hà Nội on Tuesday. Talking about the implementation of some ODA projects in Việt Nam, Deputy PM Quang said he has frequently checked the progress of the projects funded by Japanese ODA, affirming that the Vietnamese Government is working hard to address bottlenecks to accelerate these projects. He also called on the Japanese side to provide ODA for some railway, digital transformation, green transition, and climate change response projects in Việt Nam. Deputy PM Quang highly valued JICA’s proposals on new-generation ODA as they match Việt Nam's demand. He also assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to conduct detailed discussion with JICA about the issue.