Vaiusu

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Vaiusu is a village on the Samoan island of Upolu. It is located on the central-north coast of the island, to the west of the capital Apia. As of 2016, Vaiusu had a population of 2,686.{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.gov.ws/digi/1-Preliminary%20count%20report%202016.V2.pdf |title=Census 2016 Preliminary count |publisher=Samoa Bureau of Statistics |page=7 |date= |accessdate=28 January 2021}}

In 2019 the government proposed a US$100 million wharf and port project for Vaiusu, to be funded by a loan from China.{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/article/43762 |title=Proposed Vaiusu wharf to cost $250 million tala |author=Joyetter Feagaimaali'i |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=16 June 2019 |access-date=2 August 2021}} Following the 2021 Samoan general election newly elected Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa formally scrapped the project.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/samoa-s-new-leader-scraps-belt-and-road-port-deal-20210730-p58egu.html |title=Samoa’s new leader scraps Belt and Road port deal |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |author=Jonathan Barrett |date=30 July 2021 |access-date=2 August 2021}}