August 10: Day for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange
The lessons learned from US-Vietnam cooperation in this area could guide future US efforts to assist these two nations in mitigating the effects of dioxin.
The lessons learned from US-Vietnam cooperation in this area could guide future US efforts to assist these two nations in mitigating the effects of dioxin.
This is the biggest contract awarded to a Vietnamese firm in the biggest dioxin remediation project costing a total of US$450 million.
The extended efforts help reduce the severity of disabilities among children under 6 years old in the long run and overall severe disability prevalence in the population thanks to early disability detection and support.
The five-year project will enable a series of local entities to serve as the “backbone” for each collective impact initiative.
USAID will support MoET with a new project that will provide direct technical assistance to review and improve higher education policies.
The partnership will drive socio-economic development by benefitting more than 200,000 students and equip them with skills to thrive in an increasingly competitive global market.
The five-year project will promote Vietnam’s leadership by enhancing the government’s commitment to reducing the demand and consumption of illegal wildlife products.
Behavior change would result in collective action to help Vietnam fulfill the target of ending single-use plastic products by 2030.
The USAID and the KOICA intend to strengthen the impact and increase the efficiency of their programs and achieve better measurable outcomes for the people in Vietnam.