Lookatvietnam - The Japanese Government is planning to resume the provision of its official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam, Japan’s JIJI Press News quoted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 3.

Japan has provided ODA to many development projects in Vietnam.

JIJI Press reported that Japan will resume the grant of loans in its currency (Yen) to Vietnam thanks to new measures to combat corruption agreed upon by the two countries.

Accordingly, to combat corruption effectively, Vietnam will establish a third agency to oversee the implementation of Japanese ODA projects in the country.

Corruption has taken centre stage in Vietnam and Japan following a graft scandal within a Japanese ODA project in Vietnam last August.

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