02-05-2016 08:00
Investment guarantees can help Vietnam attract new foreign capital sources. Karin Finkelston, vice president and chief operating officer for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency – the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group talked to VIR’s Minh Trang how such guarantees could mitigate risks and draw foreign investors into the country.
20-04-2016 16:17
Although the World Bank has lowered Vietnam’s growth forecast for 2016, it remains optimistic about the country’s economic prospects resulting from free trade agreements later this year.
20-04-2016 15:51
Economists have renewed calls for the government to take tougher action on further truncating the state’s commercial interest in enterprises, as proposed in the high-profile Vietnam 2035 Report released recently.
20-04-2016 10:04
Four of the world's largest multilateral organisations joined hands on Tuesday in the fight to help developing countries fight tax evasion.
17-04-2016 10:11
World finance ministers pledged to boost growth on Saturday at IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings tainted by lingering worries about the dragging global economy and hints of discord.
15-04-2016 14:44
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has appointed Victoria Kwakwa as the new Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, effective on April 15.
13-04-2016 11:01
Vietnam’s economy has witnessed lower growth in this year’s first quarter due to droughts, slowed exports, and low external demand. World Bank Vietnam lead economist Sandeep Mahajan spoke with VIR’s Thanh Tung about this, and offered his advice for greater growth in the future.
06-04-2016 09:39
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending vehicle of the World Bank Group, said it planned to extend a $50 million financing facility to Viet Nam-focused fund management firm Dragon Capital.
31-03-2016 11:20
Yesterday World Bank (WB) Vietnam country director Victoria Kwakwa met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to say goodbye as her term is ending.
24-03-2016 19:00
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has awarded Vietnam International Bank (VIB) with the title “Best Trade Partner Bank in East Asia and Pacific” under the global trade finance programme (GTFP).
18-03-2016 11:09
Most Vietnamese people between the age of 18 and 35 use smartphones and their time for surfing internet is three times more than that of the people in other Southeast Asian countries, said FPT Group's Chairman Truong Gia Binh at the seminar to launch the World Bank’s “World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends” report on March 14.
12-03-2016 10:16
Viet Nam and the Philippines are among the countries with the strongest growth prospects, according to the World Bank Global Economic Outlook 2016.
10-03-2016 10:13
Intro: The landmark Vietnam 2035 report, recently launched by the Vietnamese government and the World Bank, highlights various recommendations for Vietnam to sustainably achieve higher growth over the next 20 years. Tran Du Lich, member of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee, spoke with VIR’s Thanh Tung about how to implement these recommendations.
23-02-2016 19:25
Viet Nam appreciates the assistance and cooperation of the World Bank (WB) for its socio-economic development process, especially in poverty reduction and sustainable development and expects to receive the WB’s continued assistance in human resource development and policy consultancy and in realizing development goals.
23-02-2016 12:47
The Vietnamese government and the World Bank today launched the Vietnam 2035 report: Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity and Democracy, which recommends steps to help turn Vietnam into a prosperous, creative upper middle income country with a capable and accountable state and a clean environment, as well as an equitable and inclusive society over the next 20 years.