Deputy Defence Minister hosts USAID Director
VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam Ann Marie Yastishock in Hanoi on August 3.
The two sides pledged their efforts to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from affect the progress of Vietnam – US cooperation in dealing with the consequences of bombs and mines, and toxic chemicals and dioxin left by the war.
Deputy Minister Chien expressed his appreciation for the efforts made by USAID and US agencies to successfully carry out joint projects in the field, featuring examples such as the joint project on dioxin clean-up at Da Nang airport that was finalized in 2018, the implementation of the first phase of another detoxification scheme at Bien Hoa airport from 2019-2025, and the building of documents for a project on improving life quality for Vietnamese living with disabilities in eight provinces hard hit by Agent Orange (AO) during the war.
The pair committed to pooling resources and fast-track the progress of the above projects. They also agreed to continue effectively realizing the nine-point MoU on cooperation in addressing bomb and mine consequences, as well as communications activities on Vietnam-US joint work in dealing with consequences of bomb and mine and toxic chemicals/dioxin.