12-04-2024 17:17
According to the Asian Development Outlook released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on April 11, slowing global demand and high international interest rates hampered Vietnam’s growth last year, yet Vietnam's economy is expected to grow 6 per cent in 2024 and 6.2 per cent in 2025.
12-04-2024 09:00
During a press briefing in Hanoi on April 11, Nguyen Ba Hung, chief economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) office in Vietnam, addressed fluctuating trends in the global gold market.
14-03-2024 14:56
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is fully committed to supporting Vietnam's long-term development goals, ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa said on March 13 during his first official visit to Vietnam.
18-01-2024 11:09
On January 18, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, announced a new partnership to finance up to $100 million of green trade transactions in South and Southeast Asia, beginning in Vietnam.
03-01-2024 09:30
Vietnam’s economy grew at a lower-than-expected rate in 2023. Shantanu Chakraborty, Vietnam country director for the Asian Development Bank, talked with VIR’s Thanh Tung about how the economy has performed and key impetuses for the next 12 months.
06-11-2023 15:00
Equity investors and management authorities have great expectations for the National Assembly’s upcoming discussion, which should give the nod to policies for pilot implementation pertaining to funding Vietnam’s road system.
24-10-2023 09:31
Vietnam’s economy grew 4.24 per cent in the first nine months of the year. Shantanu Chakraborty, country director for Vietnam of the Asian Development Bank, spoke with VIR’s Thanh Dat about how growth can be improved.
13-10-2023 19:29
Vietnam’s maintaining the momentum of public investment will be crucial because it will rejuvenate economic activities, generate employment, and enhance domestic consumption, said ADB Country Director for Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty.
03-10-2023 17:22
The textile and apparel sector is making efforts to recycle input materials to reduce waste while preserving natural resources, although barriers persist.
27-09-2023 16:37
Despite the weak external environment, the Vietnamese economy remains resilient, and recovery is expected to pick up in the near term, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty.
19-09-2023 10:12
The Ho Chi Minh City Development Bank (HDBank) was honoured as the Leading Partner Bank in Vietnam by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at an award ceremony for the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program in Singapore earlier this month.
11-09-2023 18:35
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked a $13.8 million loan agreement with GreenYellow Smart Solutions Vietnam to support the installation of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar systems in Vietnam.
30-08-2023 13:00
Nature's ability to regenerate is dwindling as human demands on it increase. To reverse this trend, we need to incorporate natural capital into economic modelling and policymaking.
30-08-2023 09:00
Infrastructure development is being considered in Vietnam as a key propellant for economic development. Nguyen Ba Hung, principal country economist from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, talked to VIR’s Thanh Dat about the infrastructure importance to the economy.
15-08-2023 09:43
The Vietnamese government is making efforts to reach its target for economic growth in 2023 at 6-6.5 per cent this year. Nguyen Ba Hung, principal country economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, talked with VIR’s Thanh Tung about key momentum for the economy towards the year’s end.