The US Embassy in Vietnam will try its best to urge American non-governmental organisations to work out humanitarian assistance projects for the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, said US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael W. Marine during his Kon Tum visit from March 8-9.
He said that the US Embassy is willing to serve as a bridge to help US businesses inquire into investment opportunities in the province.
Chairman of the Kon Tum provincial People's Committee Ha Ban introduced to the US Ambassador the province's economic, cultural and social achievements, which helped raise the people's living standards to an average annual income of US$290 per capita in 2005.
He also spoke of the province's great potential, saying that Kon Tum is calling for foreign investment in forest planting, construction of hydro-electric power projects, livestock breeding and eco-tourism.
Regarding religious freedom, a matter of the US Ambassador's concern, Mr Ban said Kon Tum now has four religions - Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism and Caodaism - with a total of more than 140,000 followers including more than 90,300 ethnic minority people, accounting for 39 percent of the province's population. There is no discrimination between religious and non-religious people in Kon Tum. The authorities and priests have met regularly to discuss measures to help ethnic people, including Catholics and Protestants, develop economic production, he added.
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