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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces resignation
08-01-2019 09:23
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced Monday he would step down next month, more than three years before his current term was due to expire.
Vietnam’s exports more sophisticated: WB
28-12-2018 11:07
Vietnam’s exports have become more sophisticated with an impressive diversification of exports and increases in higher-value manufacturing exports, according to a recent World Bank report.
Is it time to wave good-bye to the credit growth ceiling?
17-12-2018 11:52
Experts suggest the central bank to abolish the annual credit growth target and let the market decide its own supply and demand of credit.
Vietnam’s growth rate at nearly 6.8 percent this year: WB
12-12-2018 09:32
The World Bank (WB) expects Vietnam’s economic growth this year at nearly 6.8 percent, compared to the 6.3 percent projected for East Asia and the Pacific, in a report released on December 11.
Vietnam set to be among top ten remittance receivers
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.
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank
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.
21 provinces left feeling flushed with success
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.
World Bank pledges US$200b for climate action
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.
Businesses spend one month and ten days on tax and insurance
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.
Higher ADB rates in middle-income bracket
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.
Farming pressures must be tackled with innovation
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.
Domestic reforms propel Vietnam’s robust economic growth: WB
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.
New national reform forum to debut in September
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.
Unlock further agri-financing opportunities for processing firms
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.
Vietnam should be resilient to shifting megatrends: WB
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.
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