Vietnam, UK Revise Development Partnership Arrangement

During a four-day visit to Vietnam, the Right Honourable Alan Duncan, Minister of State for International Development in the United Kingdom and the Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc signed a document on amendments to the Development Partnership Arrangement (DPA).

 

The United Kingdom will provide Vietnam with £70 million (US$114 million) in non-refundable aid from now to 2015. The objective is to support Vietnam in meeting the Millennium Development Goals; achieve strong growth that is led by the private sector, and strengthen efforts to tackle corruption and enhance accountability. This amendment comes only a few months after the launch of the Strategic Partnership between the two Governments in September 2010.

 

The UK Minister of State also took this opportunity to announce that UK would take the lead from Sweden on anticorruption. This role entails coordination of development partners to engage with and provide support to the Government in its efforts to tackle corruption.