ODA disbursement in H1 reaches just 18%

The disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) capitals in the first half of this year reached about VND154 billion, or 18 percent of 2011’s plan, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The disbursement on financial management and public management sectors, non-refundable aid of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), reached the highest ratio of 106 percent, exceeding the previous plan.

But that on World Bank-funded projects and projects funded by Sweden, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands governments in 2009-2014 reached only reached only 8 percent and 9 percent respectively.

The total value of ODA programs and projects signed in the first six months of this year reached $293,270.

The ministry has been managing 20 ODA programs and projects so far.

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