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Lower Mekong Initiative Convenes Infrastructure Best Practices Exchange

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Delegation from the U.S. to the LMI Infrastructure Best Practices Exchange

HANOI, January 14, 2013 -- The U.S. Departments of State and Commerce and Vietnam Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Transport in collaboration with the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council hosted a Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Infrastructure Best Practices Exchange in Hanoi on January 14-15, 2013. The LMI Infrastructure Best Practices Exchange brought together senior U.S. and regional government officials and private sector representatives responsible for infrastructure development from the United States and the LMI partner countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

U.S-Supported IT Training for People with Disabilities Expanded to Danang

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Photo Dong A University launches the first ITTP training course funded by USAID

DANANG, December 3, 2012 -- On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Dong A University in Danang launched a U.S.-supported IT training program for people with disabilities following similar successful initiatives in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

U.S. Embassy Helps Build Capacity of Professionals Working in Lower Mekong Region

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Country delegation at the LMI Alumni Conference

HANOI, November 29, 2012 -- The U.S. Embassy Hanoi, and Green Innovation and Development Center (GreenID) organized a conference for thirty one participants of U.S. Government sponsored exchange programs under the theme: "Cooperation for a Sustainable Future" from November 29 to December 1, 2012. Participants are government officials, NGO leaders and researchers from Lower Mekong region countries, including: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam.

U.S. Supports Community Resilience to Coastal Natural Hazards in Vietnam

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A coastal fishing community in central Vietnam. Photo: USAID

QUANG NAM, Vietnam, November 21, 2012 -- Quang Nam Province today launched a U.S.-supported project to increase the resilience of disaster-prone central coastal communities to natural hazards. Over two years, the Green Shield project ("La Chan Xanh" in Vietnamese) will directly benefit 48,000 local people in 12,000 households in Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces often among the most affected by heavy rains and flooding.

U.S.-Supported Program Promotes Social Work Education in Vietnam

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USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker announces Social Work Education Program.

HANOI, November 9, 2012 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a three-year partnership with Vietnamese institutions to enhance social work education in Vietnam.

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