1 BRIEFING ON FOREIGN NGO ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM 2004 VIETNAM COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN NGO AFFAIRS Presentation by HE. Mr. Le Van Bang Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chairperson of COMINGO Hanoi, 31/01/2005

2 PART I: SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2004

3 GDP growth rate: 7.6% in 2004

4 SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS 2004 Industrial production growth rate: 16% Agri. production growth rate: 5.4% Food production up by 4.2% Fisheries production up by 8.2%

5 SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS 2004 Services growth rate: 8.2% Export value jumped over US$26 billion (increased 29%) Import of goods and services up by 23.2% (US$30 billion)

6 SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS 2004 Social investment rate over GDP: 36.2% State budget revenue over GDP: 24% Consumer price index: 9.5% Birth rate decreasing: 0.037%

7 SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS 2004 Vietnam – a “shining point” in Asia Foreign investment reached highest ever in the past 7 years at US$4.2 billion US$3.4 billion were committed at the CG meeting last December

8 SOCIO-ECO ACHIEVEMENTS 2004 Vietnam – a “star performer” in poverty reduction. Poor households: 8.3% 1.55 million jobs were created in 2004

9... highlights The 5 th Asia-Europe Meeting in Hanoi – lifting the country’s image in the international arena; ASEMV People’s Forum – active participation and support from INGOs

10 PART II: INGOS ACTIVITIES IN 2004

11 Number of INGO increased in 2004

12 Significant increase in dollars spent in 2004 Million $US

13 Main Fields of activities Education Social issues Health care Economic development Environment Emergency Relief and others

14 Number of INGOs by regions

15 Assistance by regions $

16 Regions /2004

17 Assistance by sectors

18 Assistance by sectors /2003

19 Licences for INGOs Total of licences issued by COMINGO: 456 (by 31/12/2004) Representative offices: 46 Project Offices: 78 Operation: 332 In 2004: Newly issued licences: 62 Renewed and amendment: 130

20 Capacity building for local levels 12 training courses with 470 participants VUFO Summer training for all 64 provinces/cities

21 Regional workshops Thai Nguyen city in 9/2004: 140 participants Can Tho city in 11/2004: 136 participants

22 Development targets for 2005 GDP growth rate: 8.5% Food production: 40 million tonnes Industrial production: 16% more than 2004

23 Development targets for 2005 Reducing poverty rate to below 7% Reducing rate of under-five malnourished children to 25% New jobs to be created: 1.6 million

24 Sectors of priorities Poverty reduction (improvement of livelihoods, income generation, economic capacity...) Health care (primary healthcare, public health, preventive care, HIV/AIDS...) Education (primary education, gender equality in school, building schools...)

25 Sectors of priorities Job creation Disaster preparedness and management Addressing social issues, war legacies, support to the victims of agent orange and landmines etc. Capacity building: cross-cutting