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Mon, 01/04/2016 - 10:12
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Vietnam: Over 4,000 bridges to be built for ethnic minorities by 2020

Hanoi, January 4 (VNA) – Around 4,000 bridges will be built to facilitate the travel and livelihoods of ethnic minority groups across Vietnam by 2020 as part of the second phase of a Government programme. The programme, worth nearly 8,340 billion VND (337 million USD), is being implemented in 5,237 communes in 450 districts across 50 provinces and cities from 2014-2020. Priorities have been given to 63 disadvantaged districts in accordance with Government Decree No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP issued in 2008. In the first phase from 2014-2015, 186 bridges were built in 28 mountainous provinces throughout the nation, costing the State budget 931.7 billion VND (41 million USD). Phase 2 will be subsidised by official development assistance (ODA), local budgets and social resources./.

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