BELGIAN PARTNER HELPS VIỆT NAM DEVELOP GREEN-GROWTH STRATEGY

 

With the support of the Belgian Development Agency under the Green Growth Strategy Facility, a drip irrigation system was installed in 2013 in Vĩnh Hải Commune in Ninh Hải District. The installation of this system has solved the problem of irrigation water shortage in dry season that has been plaguing farmers in Ninh Thuan province.

The project received five million euros from a Belgian grant and half a million euros from the Vietnamese Government, and it is a part of a series of initiatives pushed forward by the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment with the goal of strengthening capacity for green growth at national and provincial levels.

Dr Phạm Hoàng Mai, head of Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, stated that after 7 years since its launching the Green-growth Strategy initiative has seen the implementation of many green-growth models, like the ones supported by the Belgian Development Agency, showing the efforts of both the Government and donors in fostering a green-growth strategy.

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