(VOVworld)- The northern mountainous city of Ha Giang will become a green city once the Secondary Cities (Green Cities) Development Project II – Ha Giang subproject is completed in the next five years.

The information was revealed at a March 8 working session between the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the implementation of the subproject. Funded by the ADB, the 51.14 million USD subproject will be implemented in 2016-2020, with a view to improving living conditions for locals, especially ethnic minorities. The project aims to help Ha Giang develop green urban areas, focusing on promoting sustainable environment and improving economic competitiveness, said Hubert Jenny, an ADB expert in urban development.


Inefficient urban infrastructure services, lack of resource management, and degraded environmental quality constrain the localities’ growth potential.

The project will finance subprojects that respond to stakeholder priorities to improve environmental quality, and strengthen disaster risk management, climate resilience, and urban infrastructure to enable competitiveness, the bank said.-