HC Deb 21 July 1976 vol 915 c513W
Miss Richardson

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if he will consider providing the remainder of the 1972 United Kingdom South Vietnam loan of £802,000 to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to enable it to purchase goods and services from Great Britain.

Mr. Prentice

The question of the unspent balance of the 1972 loan to the former Republic of Vietnam is one of a number of aspects of relations between Her Majesty's Government and the new Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam which have yet to be examined and resolved. The Vietnamese authorities have not yet made any request for the resumption of this aid.