WB Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione visits Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)
Ha Giang (VNA) – The People’sCommittee of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang signed a strategiccooperation framework for the 2020 – 2025 period with the World Bank (WB) inVietnam on May 25.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Son said Ha Giang launched nineprojects funded by the WB at a total cost of over 1.99 trillion VND (86.5 million USD) during2011-2020, four of them have been put into use and the remaining are underway.
Under the new framework, the WB in Vietnamwill partner with the Ha Giang authorities to develop green and sustainabletourism, transport infrastructure and health care, as well as offer water supply to residents at Dong Van karst plateaugeopark.
WB Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dionesuggested the province issue practical solutions to implement projects in key infrastructure, transport, clean water supply, environment hygiene, energy, start-ups and business.
He hoped that Ha Giang, as a poor province, will pool publicconsensus and involvement in building transport infrastructure. developingtourism and agriculture, and improving local livelihoods. He also pledged that the WBwill stand side by side with the province during its development.
Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeDang Quoc Khanh, for his part, said the signing will lift bilateral ties to a strategiclevel during 2020-2025.
Earlier, Dione took a fact-finding trip tofour local districts to learn more about their situation./.
