USTDA Commemorates 20th Anniversary of U.S.-Vietnam Relations by Supporting Two New Infrastructure Projects
July 9, 2015
(USTDA)
ARLINGTON, Va. – This week, the U.S. Trade and
Development Agency commemorated the 20th
anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic
relations between the United States and Vietnam
by signing two new grant agreements for
infrastructure development projects.
“In support of the U.S.-Vietnam partnership,
the Agency has sponsored nearly 80 activities
that have helped to expand access to power,
increase the availability of clean water and
modernize transportation networks in Vietnam,”
said USTDA Director Leocadia I. Zak. “These
new projects will highlight the role that U.S.
companies can continue to play in the
development of infrastructure in Vietnam and
across the region.”
Director Zak signed a grant agreement with the
Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to
support their efforts to meet civil aviation
safety standards established by the
International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO). The Aviation Safety Oversight Group,
Inc. (Hermitage, Tenn.) will provide technical
assistance through formal classroom and
on-the-job training. This assistance will
review critical elements of aviation safety
oversight that are consistent with an inspector
indoctrination course for operations,
airworthiness and licensing inspectors. This
project builds upon two previous collaborations
between USTDA and CAAV that focused on
improving CAAV’s air safety regulatory system
as well as expanding general and business
aviation in Vietnam.
During an event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
to celebrate the historic visit to the United
States by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Vietnam, USTDA awarded a grant to the Phu Cuong
Group Corporation, a private sector firm. The
grant will support its efforts to develop a
170-Megwatt wind farm, the first in a planned
series of near-offshore wind power projects
along Vietnam’s southern coastline in Soc Trang
province. The feasibility study will include a
wind resource and energy assessment, a review
of permitting and land control issues, an
electrical grid interconnection and foundation
design, construction cost estimates, and a
financing plan. The study builds upon USTDA’s
portfolio of wind sector projects in Vietnam,
including an ongoing wind grid code development
and renewable integration feasibility study
with the Electricity Regulatory Authority of
Vietnam, as well as another study to support
the development of the planned third phase of
the Bac Lieu Wind Farm project in southern
Vietnam.
The opportunity to conduct the USTDA-funded
feasibility study for the Phu Cuong wind farm
project will be competed through Federal
Business Opportunities (FBO). A link to the
FBO announcement will be posted to USTDA’s
website at www.ustda.gov.
Interested U.S. firms should submit proposals
according to the instructions in the FBO
announcement.
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