Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang, during a question-and-answer (Q&A) session on financial affairs at the second session of the 16th National Assembly on November 12, stressed the need to ensure the effectiveness of official development assistance (ODA) loans and concentrate funding on projects with clear economic and social benefits, while avoiding scattered investment.

In the context that the state budget and aid capital can hardly meet the full demand, opening the door wider for the private sector to invest in urban railway lines through the public-private partnership (PPP) model is seen as a solution to ease pressure on the state budget in developing infrastructure systems to serve the country’s socio-economic development goals in the new period.

The first comprehensive health care and protection model for women and children nationwide has been launched through a strategic partnership between the Maternal and Child Health Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Tam Anh – VNVC – ECO – Nutrihome healthcare ecosystem.