Canada gives aid to control pollution

03/05/2008 -- 9:55 PM

Hanoi (VNA) – The Canadian Government has provided Vietnam with a non refundable grant worth 15 million USD to improve the capacity of Vietnamese managers handling industrial-pollution control. A memorandum of understanding, as part of the Village Project Executive Group (VPEG), was signed on May 2 between Natural Resources and Environment Minister Pham Khoi Nguyen and Canadian ambassador Gabriel Lessard. The grant will benefit nine cities and provinces – Bac Ninh, Binh Duong, Long An, Quang Ngai, Soc Trang, Ha Tay, Hanoi, Hai Duong and Da Nang in the next five years, starting in 2008.-Enditem
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