LD Delegation to Hung Yen

LUX-DEVELOPMENT’S HIGH-RANKING DELEGATION PAID A VISIT TO HUNG YEN
(Newspaper article translated from Vietnamese)

Yesterday 31 May, the high-ranking mission led by Mr Robert De Waha, Deputy Director of Lux-Development (Luxembourg) paid a working visit to Hung Yen. Madame Nguyen Thi Kim Loan, Vice Chairwoman received the delegation.

On behalf of the People’s Committee, Ms. Vice Chairwoman presented briefly the characteristics and conditions of the province, socio-economic achievements of Hung Yen and the accomplishments attained during the implementation of health support project VIE/017. The project with total budget of 2 987 200 euros, was kicked off in October 2003 and will be completed in December 2007.

The disbursement of the project has now reached 73% of the total budget.

Ms Vice Chair-woman praised the contributions of Luxembourg funded Project VIE/017 to the development of overall health care sector from the provincial to grass-root level by delivering training courses to health workers and equipping health facilities with appropriate technology so as to meet the needs for health care of people.

At the reception, Mr Robert De Waha expressed delight over the working trip to Hung Yen, a province with dynamic economic development, solving social issues of Vietnam.

He also acclaimed the support of the provincial authorities in the implementation of Project VIE/017. Mr Robert De Waha affirmed that Lux-Development will make every effort to successfully complete the remaining project activities in line with the agreement between the two Government of Luxembourg and Vietnam.