HANOI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) in Vietnam is estimated at nearly two billion U.S. dollars this year, up five percent from the target, local newspaper Vietnam Agriculture reported Wednesday.

    The annual ODA disbursement needs to reach 2.6-2.7 billion dollars in the next three years to fulfill the 2006-2010 target, the paper quoted the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment as reporting.

    At the 2007 Consultative Group Meeting early this month, international donors pledged to offer Vietnam the biggest-ever ODA of nearly 5.43 billion dollars in 2008, up from 4.45 billion dollars in 2007.