(VOVWORLD) - Japan committed about 547 million USD worth of ODA to new projects, 452 million USD of which has been disbursed in the first half of fiscal year 2017, from April to September.
 Fujita Yasuo, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, at the press conference in Hanoi on October 18, 2017. (Photo: VNA) |
Fujita Yasuo, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, released the figures at a press conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Yasuo said the Japanese funds will be channeled to promoting growth, improving competitiveness, and building infrastructure.
He said JICA will continue, in the remaining months of the 2017 fiscal year, working closely with Vietnam to devise and carry out priority projects using capital from the private sector and Japanese firms.