20-12-2019 09:24
A wave of debt in emerging and developing nations has grown faster and larger than in any period of the last five decades and could end with another crisis, the World Bank warned on Thursday (Dec 19).
18-12-2019 11:06
Vietnam’s economy has performed well in 2019, with GDP expanding by an estimated 6.8 percent, public debt reduced by nearly 8 percentage point of GDP since 2016, and a trade balance surplus for fourth year in a row, according to the World Bank (WB)’s report released on December 17.
06-12-2019 10:01
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a meeting in Hanoi on December 5 to discuss ways to sustainably develop raw material areas and improve processing capacity and market access for agro-products of Vietnam.
25-11-2019 12:15
A recent conference in Tuy Hoa city sought to strengthen the development co-operation between the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen and the World Bank.
12-11-2019 09:00
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 21 appreciated the World Bank (WB)’s comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam and its contributions to the country’s development in recent times.
25-10-2019 16:38
Thanks to the Government’s efforts to simplify tax compliance processes, Vietnam ranked 109th out of 190 countries and territories on ease of paying taxes in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report (DB2020), up 22 places from the previous report.
09-10-2019 09:17
As global trade tensions persist, investments are put on hold and without that cash to boost economic growth, poverty could surge, the World Bank's chief economist warned Tuesday (Oct 9).
01-10-2019 17:50
The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) today signed a financing agreement for a grant worth $2.2 million provided by the Swiss government to implement the "Vietnam: Strengthening banking sector soundness and development" project.
26-09-2019 09:34
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday (Sep 25) formally selected Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria to be only the second woman ever to lead the 189-member institution.
19-09-2019 16:51
Institutional reform is one of the key factors to help Vietnam to build out modern and internationally-integrated market economy institutions.
19-09-2019 12:09
A two-volume study laying out a pathway to a low-carbon and climate-resilient transport sector in Vietnam has just been released.
16-09-2019 16:02
Even though the human capital index (HCI) of Vietnam exceeds the global, regional, and even upper-middle-income country averages, the country also faces challenges in ensuring high-quality human resources as well as narrow the gap between ethnic minorities.
13-09-2019 10:56
The World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for solid steps to handle undernutrition among Vietnamese children, and reaffirmed their strong commitments to work with the Government in this issue as the country is building its socio-economic development strategy for 2021-2030.
04-09-2019 09:11
Seventy-four years after Vietnam gained its independence, its economic scale has grown spectacularly. Now, the economy has been fuelled by new and more accurate calculations which can help its GDP increase significantly, better mirroring the country’s genuine scale and structure. Nguyen Dat report.
15-08-2019 21:00
Private sector investment has recently surged in the field of agriculture, contributing to building sustainability in the sector across Vietnam. Phuong Hao reports.