(VOVworld) – Japan will provide more than 400,000 USD in non-refundable aid for 4 projects in Vietnam. An agreement to this effect was signed in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada said the money will be used to promote socio-economic development and narrow the gap between rich and poor people in disadvantaged areas in Lam Dong, Cao Bang, Quang Nam, and Yen Bai province.