More than 15,000 billion VND invested in infrastructure from ODA capital

(Baonghean) -Over the past 5 years, Nghe An has attracted 31 ODA programs and projects with a total value of 15,050 billion VND, providing important support for the province in investing in building infrastructure to serve life and production.

Nghi Thai (Nghi Loc) is a commune with unstable agricultural production due to frequent natural disasters, low-lying areas, and crop failures when floods come. The road from Nghi Thai to Hung Hoa (Vinh City) has long been difficult for people to travel during the flood season. Faced with this reality, the Sub-project of the combined bridge and spillway, rescue road from Nghi Thai commune (Nghi Loc) to Hung Hoa commune (Vinh City) under the Disaster Risk Management Project has brought a new look to the road and facilitated people's travel, especially participating in rescue during the flood season.

Project of combined bridge and spillway, rescue road in Nghi Thai commune (Nghi Loc).

The project, worth 35 billion VND, was completed on June 5, 2014, and includes a spillway, road, and saltwater prevention culvert on the route. The project also has a low-voltage power system to supply power for operation. ODA capital also invested in Nghi Thai for a dike line to prevent flood water from Vinh city to the hamlets of Thai Hung, Thai Binh, worth more than 8 billion VND.

In Vinh City, a very large project is being implemented with ODA capital, which is the Vinh Urban Development Sub-project, part of the Project for Developing Medium-sized Cities in Vietnam, with a total investment of nearly 153 million USD, of which the World Bank (WB) loan is 98 million USD, and Vietnam's counterpart capital is nearly 55 million USD (the counterpart capital for site clearance and resettlement costs alone is more than 43 million USD).

The North Canal was renovated and upgraded to create a new look for Vinh City, built from ODA capital.

ODA has contributed to the development of urban systems, roads (including inter-village, inter-commune, inter-district roads), agriculture, forestry, water supply, drainage, wastewater treatment, environmental sanitation, rural electricity, education, health care, etc. The use of ODA capital also contributes to improving the capacity of staff working in mobilizing, attracting, managing and using ODA. Training courses organized under the sponsorship of projects have made significant contributions to capacity building. Hundreds of staff in agencies and organizations related to mobilizing, attracting, managing and using ODA have participated in training courses in related fields.

In addition, thousands of people have participated in training courses on community supervision of project implementation, as well as developing the ability to self-maintain and repair works after completion to prolong the life of the works.

However, disbursement of ODA programs and projects in the period 2011 - 2015 was not high, only reaching 3,676.9 billion VND, equal to 30.18% of committed capital.

In the period of 2016 - 2020, the world and domestic economic situation has many advantages: The world economy recovers and grows after the crisis, so the demand for investment, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), will increase. Vietnam continues its path of deeper and broader integration with the world and regional economy.

In the 2015 - 2020 period, Nghe An strives to mobilize ODA aid of 350 - 400 million USD (6,600 - 7,000 billion VND). In the immediate period, departments and branches focus on preparing necessary conditions to mobilize and negotiate projects with clearly identified needs and sponsors.

Chau Lan