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Mr. Nobutake Odano, Ambassador of Japan to Myanmar, signed two Exchanges of Notes with His Excellency U Soe Tha, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development of the Union of Myanmar. The Notes cover an amount of 407 million yen for the project " Human Resource Development Scholarship" as well as 61 million yen for the project "Afforestation in the Dry Zone", altogether amounting to 468 million yen (approximately 3.8 million US dollars) to be provided under the Grant Aid scheme of the Government of Japan. The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development on 28 June 2007.
"The Human Resource Scholarship Project", which started in 2002, gives opportunities to promising youth of Myanmar, both from government and non-government organizations, for further studying at Japanese Universities to attain Masters' degrees. Under this project, 103 young Myanmar people have already been sent to Japan. And also "The Project for Afforestation in the Dry Zone" aims at combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought by establishing sustainable operation and maintenance of afforestation sites in the dry zone of Myanmar, thus further contributing to the environmental development of the region and providing the local residents with required resources and improved living environment.
It is expected that the projects will contribute to the development of Myanmar and promote existing friendly relations between Japan and Myanmar.
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