02-11-2015 08:10
Vietnam has risen by three places on the World Bank’s business environment ranking, reflecting its efforts to create a business-friendly climate.
30-10-2015 15:00
On October 29 the World Bank and the Ministry of Industry and Trade kicked off a project to improve energy efficiency in the Vietnamese food processing industry.
28-10-2015 18:00
The World Bank has ranked Viet Nam 90 out of 189 countries in its latest report on the ease of doing business globally; also known as the Doing Business report, which was released on Tuesday.
23-10-2015 16:00
More than 200 women entrepreneurs on October 23 joined the 2015 Women Entrepreneurs forum held by the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) with the financial support of the World Bank (WB).
08-10-2015 09:24
The World Bank has raised the 2015 growth forecast for Vietnam as the Southeast Asian country has buoyant growth conditions, compared to a moderate trend in the East Asia Pacific, it said in a report released on Monday.
14-09-2015 15:09
The World Bank (WB) will help Vietnam complete a population report with a vision towards 2035, WB Country Director for Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa told President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan at a meeting in Hanoi on Friday.
27-08-2015 08:26
World Bank (WB)-funded projects in Ho Chi Minh City have helped fuel socio-economic development, upgrade traffic facilities, improve the environment and supply water to city dwellers.
05-08-2015 09:50
The World Bank stands firm in continuing supporting Vietnam's poverty reduction efforts in six mountainous northern provinces.
27-07-2015 09:54
In Vietnam, where GDP per capita was only around US$1,900 in 2013 according to World Bank data, it does not take much time for luxury cars, watches and mobile phones worth up to 237 times that income to find buyers.
10-07-2015 09:16
Viet Nam and the the World Bank on July 9 signed four cooperation agreements under which the international institution pledged to provide US$507 million to assist Viet Nam in agricultural development, green transport and poverty reduction.
13-06-2015 09:29
Viet Nam's gross domestic product growth is forecast to reach 6 per cent this year, gradually increasing to 6.5 per cent in 2017, according to the World Bank.
23-05-2015 09:54
The World Bank chief economist in Viet Nam, Sandeep Mahajan, has shared his views on the country’s socioeconomic performance in the first months of 2015 after the Government presented a socioeconomic report to the Legislature’s ongoing working session.
08-05-2015 15:00
In recent years, the Vietnamese health industry has become a thriving market, sparking an influx of foreign investment. According to a recent World Bank’s study Vietnemese health expenditure per capita rose sharply from $88 in 2010 to $111 in 2014 and is still holding a lot of room to develop.
14-04-2015 09:49
The Vietnamese economy is set to grow by 6 per cent this year, according to the East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released yesterday morning by the World Bank.
07-04-2015 14:48
GrabTaxi, the largest mobile taxi booking app firm in Southeast Asia, announced Monday it has joined hands with the World Bank to study solutions for improving traffic and ease congestion in several regional countries, including Vietnam.