Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh highlighted the vital role of the Vietnamese intellectual diaspora in national development. He proposed a strategy for training financial professionals, including sending them to Luxembourg for study, to contribute to the development of key financial centres in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
The Government of Luxembourg has supported Vietnam's National Expanded Programme on Immunisation through providing the Southeast Asian country with cold-chain equipment and other specialised equipment for vaccine and blood preservation, especially in mountainous, remote and border areas and islands, said Honorary Consul of Luxembourg in Vietnam Tran Hong Quang.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has implemented a sub-project to replace conventional lights with less energy consuming Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lights along streets in Hue city under the Energy Efficient Lighting NAMA Pilot project (VIE/401) funded by Luxemburg.
The Luxembourg Government has pledged 2 million EUR in non-refundable aid to support the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s climate change response project through the Global Climate Partnership Fund.
