HC Deb 19 June 1979 vol 968 c540W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Lord Privy Seal what overseas aid Her Majesty's Government are currently committed to supplying to Vietnam.

Mr. Neil Marten

The previous Government undertook to support the sale of four British-built cargo vessels to Vietnam with a grant from the aid trade contingency provision of up to £4.5 million of which about £2.3 million remains to be spent. English language training is also being provided in Britain for 55 Vietnamese teachers: 27 will be returning to Vietnam early next month and the rest finish their training in June 1980.

Her Majesty's Government will also have to pay their share—about £2.8 million—towards the cost of food aid for Vietnam under the European Community's 1979 programme agreed by the previous Government.