The German government will provide EUR1.5 million in official development assistance (ODA) through the Organization for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for a EUR1.65-million project to improve environment in Vietnam’s central city of Danang. Officials from the GTZ and Danang city signed an agreement on the aid June 29. The project is slated for implementation for two years, the Tien phong newspaper reported June 30. At the Consultative Group Meeting held in Hanoi end-2009, Germany pledged EUR137 million in aid for Vietnam in 2010, accounting for 12.7% of EU’s total aid for the Southeast Asian nation this year.
