US, Danang sign MOU to enhance development cooperation

The Chairman of the People’s Committee of Danang City, Le Trung Chinh, and the USAID Mission Director for Vietnam, Aler Grubbs, signed the MOU on January 26 on the sidelines of the Meet Danang 2024 event.

The United States Mission to Vietnam and Danang currently partner on a number of shared development priorities, including clean energy, pollution reduction, higher education, and assisting people with disabilities.

Under the MOU, USAID/Vietnam and Danang city intend to expand their development cooperation to promote innovative solutions in economic growth, clean energy and energy efficiency, environmental protection and climate change response, health and human resource development. 

This MOU will contribute to Danang’s own goals for human resource development and green economic growth, and represents further cooperation of the United States in assisting Vietnam to achieve its future sustainable development goals in line with the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, announced in September 2023.