11-12-2018 13:53
Vietnam was expected to remain one of the top ten remittance receivers in 2018, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief released last weekend.
06-12-2018 19:52
Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late.
05-12-2018 12:16
In an attempt to improve health for local residents, more than 400,000 household toilets and more than 235,000 water supply works have been set up in a total of 21 mountainous provinces of northern, Central Highlands and south-central area in the past two years.
03-12-2018 09:50
The World Bank on Monday (Dec 3) unveiled US$200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding.
05-11-2018 14:11
While starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and getting electricity are assessed as the areas seeing the most improvement, paying taxes and resolving insolvency have seen little improvement much over the five years of implementing Resolution 19.
10-10-2018 15:26
Vietnam will no longer have access to the Asian Development Bank’s concessional lending from January 2019. Nguyen Minh Cuong, principal country economist at the ADB, told VIR’s Nguyen Thanh that the bank is co-operating with the Vietnamese government to speed up the disbursement of projects using its official development assistance in order to boost the country’s infrastructure development.
08-10-2018 13:29
As climate change continues to cause unusual and unpredictable weather around the world, it is creating new challenges for farmers. Drought, flooding, and temperature extremes will increase as the earth’s temperatures rise by 2-3°C (4-6°F) in the next 50 years, threatening farm productivity, decreasing harvests, and augmenting pest pressures.
05-10-2018 11:49
Vietnam’s economy continues to perform well, propelled by the sustained global recovery and continued domestic reforms, according to a new World Bank (WB) report.
07-08-2018 14:14
The Vietnamese government is planning to organise an annual forum on reform and development, in a bid to seek advice from experts and organisations on new ways for further, sustainable national development.
12-07-2018 17:24
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Vietnam Prosperity Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VPBank) is extending a commodity financing facility of up to $50 million to Tan Long Group, one of Vietnam’s leading commodity traders as a key step to unlock further agri-financing opportunities in this high-potential sector.
05-07-2018 17:25
Vietnam’s economy can be re-defined by focusing on the effective exploitation of four megatrends affecting the country’s sustainable and competitive development.
27-06-2018 12:15
The World Bank (WB) will continue to help Vietnam achieve its development goals, WB Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue during their meeting in Washington on June 26.
25-06-2018 21:14
The World Bank has approved $80 million in loan to enhance the quality of key urban infrastructure in Thai Nguyen city, the capital of northern Thai Nguyen province.
16-06-2018 01:43
Vietnam’s economy is forecast to continue improving, with gross domestic product (GDP) expected to expand by 6.8 per cent this year, said the World Bank (WB) in its latest economic update for Vietnam.
13-06-2018 09:16
Sai Gon-Ha Noi Bank (SHB) and Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) have been assigned to support projects signed between Vietnam and the World Bank.