The World Bank will continue to support Da Nang and is honoured topartner the central city in the future, said acting country director ofthe World Bank Keiko Sato at the meeting to complete a report on thecity's priority infrastructure project on August 2.
Thefive-year project, with an investment of 218.4 million USD, 70 percentof which was funded by the World Bank, has enabled the upgrading ofurban infrastructure, resettlement areas, the environment, waste watertreatment, bridges and roads as well as personnel training andmanagement, between 2008-13.
"We are glad to see the priorityinfrastructure project completed on time and of good quality. Over400,000 citizens in the central city will benefit from the five-yearproject," said Keiko.
She said the World Bank will support thecity with its sustainable development project – the first of its kind inVietnam. "We hope that our experiences with Da Nang city can berolled out across other provinces in Vietnam ."
The StateBank of Vietnam and the World Bank agreed to undertake a majorsustainable development project in the city, with an investment of 272.1million USD, of which 202.4 million USD being donated by the World Bankand the remaining 69.7 million USD being provided from city funds.
Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee, Van Huu Chien, said thatthe World Bank's priority infrastructure project has played a key rolein the city's socio-economic development over the past five years.
The improved infrastructure will help attract more investors to thecity as it is situated on the coast at the end of East-West EconomicCorridor that links Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.
"The project also helps upgrade the urban environment, preventpollution and manage the treatment of sewage and waste water," Chiensaid.
The director of the city's transport department, DangViet Dung, said that Da Nang has become the first city in Vietnamto have a planned strategy for treating waste water thanks to theWorld Bank's project.
Da Nang is Vietnam 's fourthlargest city and is widely regarded as a being well-planned and wellgoverned, with a higher quality of infrastructure than other cities inthe country.
Da Nang plans to turn itself a ‘green' city by 2025.-VNA