through lines of credit (LoC) on concessional terms and conditions. Between 1976 and 2016, India provided Vietnam with 18 lines of credit worth a combined total of $364.5 million. The 16th LoC worth $45 million was provided for the construction of the Nam Chien hydropower project, which was completed by BHEL in January 2013. The contract for the 17th LOC of $19.5 million for the construction of the Nam Trai-IV Hydropower project and the Binh Bo pumping station was signed on 11 July 2013. The Binh Bo project was completed by Kirloskar. However, there were no bidders for the Nam Trai-IV project. The 18th LOC worth $100 million was provided on 15 September 2014 for defence procurement. The deal will equip the Vietnam Border Guard with 12 offshore patrol vessels from Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Humanitarian aid and other assistance India also provides assistance to Vietnam through the ASEAN framework and the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) framework. Under the MGC framework, India announced a Revolving Fund to which it would contribute $1 million annually and will be used to fund Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) in Vietnam. QIPs are projects with a short-gestation period, valued at an average of $50,000 each, that aim to quickly develop community infrastructure and provide direct benefits to Vietnamese communities. India has completed 18 QIPs across 17 provinces of Vietnam since 2017. A further 8 projects were under implementation across 5 provinces in the 2020-21 fiscal year. India established the Vietnam-India Centre for English Language & IT Training at the Technical University in Nha Trang. The Vietnam-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre was set up in Hanoi in May 2006 and the Vietnam-India Center for English Language Training was established at Danang in July 2007. India spent $2 million to establish the Advanced Resource Centre in Information and Communications Technology (ARC-ICT) at cost of $2 million in Hanoi. It was inaugurated by Indian Foreign Minister in September 2011. The centre is run by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) and trains students and Vietnamese Government officials in various technical skills such as web designing, network systems, Java, GIS applications and e-governance. India gifted Vietnam a PARAM supercomputer which was installed at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) on 12 November 2013. In November 2013, India agreed to fund the establishment of a Hi-Tech Crime Laboratory in Hanoi. IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) contributed $529,000