World Bank Vietnam country director finishes term

March 31, 2016 | 11:20

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Yesterday World Bank (WB) Vietnam country director Victoria Kwakwa met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to say goodbye as her term is ending.

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At the meeting the president said he highly appreciated Kwakwa’s heartfelt regard for Vietnam. Sang also expressed gratitude both for the WB and Kwakwa for their help to Vietnam during the term.

Kwakwa assumed the post of World Bank Vietnam country director in April 2009. In 2014 she received Vietnam's Friendship Order, which is conferred or posthumously conferred on foreigners and on collectives of foreigners that have made great contributions to building, consolidating and developing the friendship between Vietnam and other countries in the world.

According to Sang, the WB’s projects helped Vietnam realise its Millennium Development Goals and changed the socio-economic landscape in many Vietnamese cities and provinces.

He also said that in order to achieve sustainable growth, Vietnam still needs a lot of material support, of which the WB’s contributions are very useful. He hoped that, together with the financial help, the WB would continue to advise Vietnamese policy-makers.

As to the issue of drought and salinity emerging due to climate change in the Mekong Delta region as well as many cities and provinces in Vietnam, the president said Vietnam was building a master plan on a system of channels and dikes to combat salinity and asked for the WB’s help to mitigate the consequences of climate change.

On her part, Kwakwa said she appreciated the president’s efforts to facilitate the WB’s activities in Vietnam, and said that the WB would continue working with Vietnamese government agencies and localities to mitigate the consequences of climate change.

She also said that the WB was always ready to support Vietnam, and, being in charge of the East Asian region, she was going to continue supporting Vietnam as well.

By By Ha Duy

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