On Thursday, the Deputy Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee, Mr Vo Cong Tri, met with his counterpart from Vinh Phuc Province, Mrs Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, to exchange experiences in accelerating socio-economic development and building political systems in their respective localities.

Deputy Secretary Lan remarked that Da Nang and Vinh Phuc Province are both medium-sized with reasonably-sized populations, and both became administrative units in 1997.  These similarities would suggest that the province could learn from the useful and practical experiences of Da Nang in boosting socio-economic progress, accelerating administrative reform, and urban planning and management. 

Deputy Secretary Tri addressing the event

In reply, Deputy Secretary Tri noted that his city has seen a rapid development of its urban infrastructure over recent years.   He added that the city’s strategies for effectively using local land resources to boost local infrastructure development has created a breakthrough in the appeal for large amounts of capital for infrastructure projects given the context of financial difficulties and the city’s limited budget.  In addition, priority has been given to implementing projects funded by official development assistance (ODA) capital.  They have included the Environmentally and Climate-friendly Urban Development in Da Nang project, and the Central Region Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine. 

In addition, special attention has been paid to creating favourable conditions for the private sector to put money into the city’s healthcare, education, culture and other aspects.   Thanks to the success of the healthcare projects, the problem of overloading at local public hospitals, schools and other venues has been alleviated.

Deputy Secretary Tri also affirmed that Da Nang’s remarkable achievements in recent years should be mainly attributed to the high level of consensus among the city’s government and its residents.