The Ethnic Minority Policy Department under the Committee for Ethnic Affairs has launched a project to provide technical assistance for management of Program 135 in the second phase, in the central city of Hue. With a total investment of around $2.2 million, the Finnish-funded project will be carried out in eight pilot provinces of Yen Bai, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Tri, Nghe An, Cao Bang, Quang Nam and Lao Cai. The project, which is set to last until Dec. 2010, is aimed at strengthening management and supervision capacity as well as information management and experience exchange of Program 135-II project’s officials and relevant agencies at both central and provincial levels. The second phase of the program 135 is estimated to invest over VND12.95 trillion into 2,000 communes in 47 provinces nationwide.
