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Jul 09, 2014 / 15:51

ODA agreements signed between Vietnam and RoK

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance and the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea (RoK) signed two ODA loan agreements worth US$162 million through the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) in Hanoi on July 9.

The loans with an interest rate of 0.1% per year and payment duration of 40 years (including a grace period of 10 years) aim to implement a US$117 million project to build Hung Ha bridge and a US$45 million project to develop Hanoi University of Pharmacy into a national university of regional standards.

Under the framework agreement worth US$1.2 billion for 2012-2015, these  two loan agreements are part of follow-up seven signed agreements, bringing the Korean Government’s total preferential loans for Vietnam to over US$512 million.

Earlier, in the 2008-2011 period, the RoK provided over US$1 billion in aid to Vietnam to implement projects on transport, health, and vocational training.