EU, U.K. NGO Fund $3.6M for Vietnam, Cambodia to Improve Healthcare Sector

The European Union (EU) and the U.K. non-governmental organization (NGO) of Marie Stopes International granted EUR2.45 million ($3.6 million) for a project to help improve reproductive health for poor rural communities in Vietnam and Cambodia. The EU contributed EUR1.8 million to the project and the rest from Marie Stopes International, the Vietnam News Agency said. The project aims to raise capabilities of local authorities and non-state providers of reproductive health services in Vinh Long and Thua Thien-Hue provinces in Vietnam and in Svay Rieng in Cambodia between 2010 and 2013.