Da Nang hopes to receive further support from ADB: official
Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh hosted a reception for Country Director for Vietnam at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Shantanu Chakraborty on November 28.
Da Nang (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh hosted a reception for Country Director for Vietnamat the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Shantanu Chakraborty on November 28.
At the event, Minh highlighted the central coastal city’s key productssuch as seafood, garment and textiles, building materials, and handicraftproducts, adding the city has shifted focus to developing hi-tech industries, particularly the IT industry, into an economic spearhead.
Touching on external activities and international cooperation, Minh said thatDa Nang has set up cooperative ties with 47 localities of 22 countries andterritories worldwide.
The city has been honoured with a number of awards, including VietnamSmart City Award, and the Seoul Smart City Prize in the category of the HumanCentricity Bronze.
Minh expressed his hope that the ADB director will continue with its supportfor Da Nang in the development of policies for startup, climate changeresponse, and improvement of labour productivity and competitive edge, amongothers.
Chakraborty, for his part, described Da Nang as a youngand dynamic city and an economic hub of the central and Central Highlandsregion, which holds numerous advantages in attracting investment.
Hailing the sound cooperation between ADB and the city, he pledged continued assistance in fields of mutual interests like training management officials and climate change response.
The ADB has provided assistance for Da Nang in several projects, improving the land use index to better handle natural disasters and building a pre-feasibility study to relocate Da Nang Station./.
Authorities of Da Nang city always support projects of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and hope to sign more cooperation agreements on projects related to the environment, fintech, and green energy with the agency in the future, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh.
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Delegates at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
