help was provided to establish a number of new institutions including the institute of agricultural science the soils and fertiliser institute and the national plant protection service as well as to strengthen existing organisations through such technical assistance projects viet nam gained access to uptodate technologies equipment and techniques at the same time fao contributed to the formulation of legislation aimed at enhancing the ability of the agricultural sector to respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by the new market environment the programme works under four major multisectoral initiatives including the joint gouemmentun programme the world bank s vahip project the one un initiative with the largest contribution to fao coming from united states agency for international development usaid projects the second highest was food safety which received usd million for projects