Hanoi, March 20 -- Vietnam and Japan signed in Hanoi on March 20 an exchange of notes on the provision of loans for three programmes and projects.

Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Quoc Phuong, representing the Vietnamese Government, and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki, on behalf of the Japanese Government, signed the document.

Accordingly, the funding, totaling approximately 90 billion JPY (around 609 million USD), will be allocated to three key projects, namely budget support for green growth and climate adaptation, disaster-resilient rural development, and climate-adaptive infrastructure to support production in northern mountainous regions, particularly for ethnic minority communities.

Phuong said the agreements reaffirm tha...