Chinese Government grant for the provision of training for 190 Ni-Vanuatu Athletes in China and funding for Sport Facilities (linked to project #62857, #62981, #49224)

On November 19th 2016, the government of China and Vanuatu signed letters of exchange on sports technical assistance projects for the Pacific Mini Games (PMG) ("驻瓦努阿图大使刘全与瓦总理萨尔维签署中瓦经济技术合作协定"). In the letters of exchange, Chinese Government granted provision of training for 190 Ni-Vanuatu Athletes in China and funding for Sport Facilities. In April 2017, 190 athletes from Vanuatu traveled to China to train for the Pacific Mini Games (PMG) being held in Vanuatu in December 2017. This agreement also included funding for outdoor sports facilities including swimming pools. The athletes trained in China for five months and returned in August of 2017, and from October until December, China sent 15 professional coaches to continue the training in Vanuatu. China also promised to provide cash prizes if the athletes performed well. A testament to the success of this project, Vanuatu achieved 24 gold medals (comparable to 4-5 medals at past games). This project is linked to project #49224, a Vt3 million donation to build a sports complex for the PMG, project #62981, a donation of sports training and competition equipment, and project #62857 which was the donation of 27 buses and 2 sports utility vehicles for the PMG.

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