Committee for foreign NGO affairs reviews performance of 2021 tasks
The Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organisation Affairs (COMINGO) on March 23 held an online conference to review the implementation of its tasks in 2021 and discuss its orientations this year.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Committee for Foreign Non-GovernmentalOrganisation Affairs (COMINGO) on March 23 held an online conference to review the implementation of its tasks in 2021 anddiscuss its orientations this year.
Deputy Foreign Minister and head of COMINGO To Anh Dung,and Vice President and Secretary of the Vietnam Union of FriendshipOrganisations Phan Anh Son co-chaired the meeting.
During the meeting, participants shared information about the international,regional and domestic situation that directly affect foreign NGO affairs inVietnam, and results achieved in 2021.
Due to impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign NGOs inVietnam faced many difficulties, especially in mobilising budget and arranging visits and field-tripactivities, the meeting heard.
The disbursement of foreign non-governmental aid to Vietnam in2021 hit nearly 233 million USD, an increase of over 5 percent year-on-year.Of the total, the value of goods, cash and technical assistance for Vietnam’sfight against COVID-19 totaled more than 10.6 million USD.
The disbursement ratio of foreign non-governmental aid reached more than 73percent of the total value committed in the year, over 2 percent higher thanthat of 2020.
This showed that foreign NGOs were more proactive and adaptive in implementingprojects despite impacts of the pandemic, while demonstrating the results of support,connection and coordination of agencies, ministries,🐻 sectors and localities./.
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Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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Throughout its resistance against colonialists and imperialists, Vietnam developed a revolutionary press that has served as a benchmark for just and legitimate causes worldwide.
Participants at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
