An agreement to this effect was signed in Hanoi on March 12 by Deputy Finance Minister Tran Xuan Ha and Kuwait Fund Deputy Director General Hesham Al-Waqayan.

To date, Kuwait has advanced Vietnam a total of 34 million Kuwait dinar (about US$124 million) for 8 rural infrastructure development projects. Many of the projects, like the Dau Tieng and Van Dinh hydro-electric power plants and the Dac Ta – Ngoc Linh highway, have been completed and put into operation.