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Canada's aid to Vietnam

$810,032,481 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 582 projects and 416 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$810M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$47.4M

2024-25

Projects

582

with money reported

Recipient organizations

416

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $792M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $16.5M in repayable loans and $1.6M already spent in Canada.

2,444

family doctors paid for a year

Average gross clinical payment to a family physician, 2023-24. Includes the doctor's office costs. CIHI, A profile of physicians in Canada

9,386

registered nurses paid for a year

Median wage of $43.27 an hour (2023-24) for 1,950 hours (37.5 hours a week). Wages only, no benefits. Job Bank, Government of Canada

0.36

new 548-bed hospitals

The new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver: $2.174 billion for up to 548 beds (2021 budget). Government of British Columbia, March 8, 2021

3,069

affordable homes built

Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative

35,582

homeless people housed with support for a year

Housing First for people with high needs: $22,257 per person per year. Measured in 2014 dollars, so today's number of people would be lower. Mental Health Commission of Canada, At Home/Chez Soi final report

37 days

of Veterans Affairs Canada's entire budget

Total planned spending of Veterans Affairs Canada for 2025-26: $7.83 billion. Veterans Affairs Canada, 2025-26 Departmental Plan

These comparisons use average Canadian costs to show the scale of the money. They are not a costed plan.

Spending by fiscal year

2005-06$51.1M
2006-07$53.4M
2007-08$53.3M
2008-09$46.5M
2009-10$28.1M
2010-11$32.7M
2011-12$26.3M
2012-13$19.7M
2013-14$22.9M
2014-15$23.5M
2015-16$24.5M
2016-17$62.8M
2017-18$50.4M
2018-19$50.2M
2019-20$41.2M
2020-21$38.7M
2021-22$48.0M
2022-23$57.5M
2023-24$31.8M
2024-25$47.4M

Read firstFiles before 2016-17 cover only CIDA and DFATD development programs. From 2016-17 they cover every federal department and the provinces, which is why totals jump. Amounts are nominal Canadian dollars per fiscal year (April to March). Aid type was not recorded before 2010-11. Negative amounts are repayments.

By cause

Agriculture, forestry & fishing$127M15.6%
Government & civil society$122M15.0%
Education$93.4M11.5%
Multisector$86.5M10.7%
Transport$58.9M7.3%
Banking & finance$50.1M6.2%
Water & sanitation$46.3M5.7%
Health$44.5M5.5%
Industry, mining & construction$35.2M4.3%
Environment$29.9M3.7%
Energy$24.6M3.0%
Other social services$22.4M2.8%
Business$22.1M2.7%
Population & reproductive health$21.4M2.6%
Disaster prevention$5.9M0.7%
9 others$20.5M2.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$608M75.0%
Finance Canada$186M22.9%
International Development Research Centre$7.9M1.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$2.6M0.3%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$2.5M0.3%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$1.9M0.2%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$558K0.1%
Quebec$410K0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$309K0.0%
Alberta$106K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$95K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$32K0.0%
Justice$11K0.0%
Statistics Canada$2K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$1K0.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$245M30.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$241M29.8%
Project-type interventions$148M18.3%
Canadian personnel$66.9M8.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$50.2M6.2%
Sector budget support$34.9M4.3%
Basket funds/pooled funding$12.4M1.5%
Other technical assistance$9.7M1.2%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.6M0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$333K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$152M18.8%
Asian Development Bank$79.6M9.8%
World Bank$75.5M9.3%
Agriteam Canada$28.8M3.5%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$26.2M3.2%
IDA-CPL$23.0M2.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$20.0M2.5%
Université de Montréal Unité de santé internationale (USI)$16.0M2.0%
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam$15.9M2.0%
So Giao dich Kho bac Nha nuoc State Treasury Transaction Centre$14.8M1.8%
SNC Lavalin International Inc. *** BLOCKED RE ? ADRESSE ?***$14.2M1.8%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$14.1M1.7%
Experco-Stikeman Elliott International$12.5M1.5%
Alinea International Ltd$11.7M1.4%
Canadian Bar Association$11.4M1.4%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$10.2M1.3%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$9.8M1.2%
Consortium WUSC-CECI$9.5M1.2%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$9.0M1.1%
Oxfam-Québec$9.0M1.1%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$8.9M1.1%
Développement international Desjardins$8.7M1.1%
Cowater International & CRC Sogema Inc.$8.3M1.0%
IBM Canada Ltd. (Formerly Pricewaterhouse Consult.)$7.7M0.9%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$7.6M0.9%
391 others$206M25.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$55.1M $55,058,008
2	(no title in the data) M011980001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$35.9M $35,855,862
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$29.4M $29,433,811
4	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$23.5M $23,519,469
5	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$23.0M $23,029,960
6	(no title in the data) M010987001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$23.0M $23,007,482
7	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$21.0M $20,989,763
8	(no title in the data) A032780001 · 2007-08 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$20.0M $20,000,000
9	(no title in the data) A032157001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Université de Montréal Unité de santé internationale (USI)	$16.9M $16,915,156
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$15.0M $14,959,613
11	(no title in the data) A032038001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam	$14.7M $14,658,804
12	(no title in the data) A032786001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2014-15 Main recipient: SNC Lavalin International Inc. * BLOCKED RE ? ADRESSE ?*	$14.6M $14,588,274
13	Strengthening the People's Credit Fund Network P001332001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: DID - Développement international Desjardins	$14.2M $14,227,837
14	Vietnam Skills for Employment Project P000060001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$13.1M $13,143,654
15	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.0M $12,002,101
16	(no title in the data) A032271001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: World Bank	$12.0M $12,000,000
17	(no title in the data) D000084001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: World Bank	$12.0M $12,000,000
18	(no title in the data) A031255001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$11.7M $11,720,000
19	(no title in the data) A032113001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$11.2M $11,155,228
20	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$9.5M $9,450,841
21	(no title in the data) A032700001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Experco-Stikeman Elliott International	$9.4M $9,413,631
22	Improving Food Safety for Economic Growth in Vietnam P000707001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$9.4M $9,381,962
23	Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Tra Vinh province P000159001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: People's Committee of Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam	$8.9M $8,943,894
24	(no title in the data) A032230001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: So Giao dich Kho bac Nha nuoc State Treasury Transaction Centre	$8.3M $8,278,162
25	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$8.3M $8,251,988