§ Mr. George Rodgersasked the Minister for Overseas Development what is the total of overseas aid that has been made available to date to Vietnam since it became a unified nation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PrenticeI must inform my hon. Friend that North and South Vietnam have not yet been formally unified. However, the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Mr. Newens) on 29th January—[Vol. 904, c. 248.]—provided a detailed statement on our aid to these two countries. I also502W explained the latest position in my re-plies to Questions on 22nd March—[Vol. 908, c. 33–4.] In addition, I have said in the latter part of my reply on 30th March—[Vol. 908, c. 468.]—to my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mr. Fletcher) that we have informed the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam that we should be willing to consider sympathetically a request for technical assistance for English language teaching.