Germany Helps Vietnam Deal with Flood Aftermaths
The German Government handed over two flood-resistant resettlement areas, Phu Binh-Tay Phu Area in Thoai Son District, An Giang Province and Kho Giao-Long Den Area in Tan Hong District, Dong Thap Province, on November 13 and 14. This is part of a financial cooperation programme between Vietnam and Germany. Authorities of An Giang Province and Dong Thap Province, representatives from the German Embassy in Vietnam and Germany Reconstruction Bank (KfW) attended the handover ceremonies.
In 2000, floods destroyed houses, infrastructures and crops in the Mekong Delta Region. They ruined 890,000 houses, 12,700 classrooms, 11,400 km of roads, 4,500 bridges and 16,300 ha of paddy rice.
Based on a commitment in 2000 between the Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, KfW has provided EUR7.67 million for the most severely flood-hit Dong Thap and An Giang to overcome flood outcomes. The main purpose of the programme is to provide houses, clean water and wastewater treatment for poor households in the two provinces. About 7,000 houses and 40 kindergartens, 40 resettlement areas have been built for some 36,000 flood-hit residents.
With the mandate from the German Government, KfW has invested and advised Vietnam to boost stable economic and social infrastructure development as well as introduce measures to preserve environment and natural resources. For many years to date, KfW has been an important counterpart of Vietnam. KfW opened a representative office in Hanoi in 2001. So far, KfW has sponsored a total of EUR400 million to Vietnam. This money has mainly gone to health, environment and economic restructuring in Vietnam, a common cooperative target between Vietnam and Germany.
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