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In December 2017, USAID’s Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program (V-LEEP) started providing strategic technical and financial guidance to Bamboo Capital Group (BCG), a Vietnam-based infrastructure investment firm, to help them develop their 40.6 MW Bang Duong solar power project in Long An province. Last Sunday, USAID/Vietnam Deputy Mission Director Craig Hart joined leaders of Bamboo Capital Group, Long An’s People’s Committee and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the project.
On September 5 and 7, USAID and the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Legal Department held workshops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to share information on the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). It was attended by representatives of businesses that conduct import-export activities.
Animal Health Information Systems provide an efficient way to share disease information among farms, villages, communes, districts, provinces, central veterinary offices, laboratories, and other national stakeholders. These systems play an important role in strengthening the country’s public health surveillance system and enabling rapid response to disease outbreaks; minimizing health threats and economic loss; and building public trust in livestock products for both domestic and global consumers.
At a meeting with Acting USAID/Vietnam Mission Director Craig Hart, Vietnam’s Vice Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai said that the Government of Vietnam is committed to reducing shipments subject to specialized inspections to less than 10 percent (from the current 19 percent) and will incorporate all border procedures into the Vietnam National Single Window, a one stop shop for customs clearances, by 2020. She acknowledged that this was a challenging task as it involves many line ministries, but that the Ministry Of Finance, assigned by Government of Vietnam as “commander in chief,” is committed to making it happen with USAID support.
Social health insurance (SHI), the Vietnamese Government’s primary domestic resource for sustainable HIV treatment, will cost $33 per person for annual SHI enrollment and approximately $150 copayment fees for one year of initial antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is a big financial burden for many poor people living with HIV (PLHIV), especially in rural or mountainous areas, such as Lao Cai province. To help solve this challenge, USAID’s Sustainable HIV Response from Technical Assistance (SHIFT) project recently worked with the Lao Cai Provincial AIDS Center and Department of Health to develop a financial sustainability plan for HIV/AIDS treatment, which includes local funding from the Provincial People’s Committee to cover SHI premium and copayment fees.
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