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WB Vice President visits Vietnam
07-05-2013 08:47
The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, Axel van Trotsenburg, is paying an official visit to Vietnam from May 6-9.
Vietnam second in Southeast Asia remittance ranking
01-05-2013 10:40
Vietnam ranked second in the Southeast Asian region for overseas remittance with $10 billion in 2012, according to the latest report issued by the World Bank (WB).
World Bank "relevant" despite BRICS bank plan: Jim Yong Kim
19-04-2013 07:57
The World Bank will remain relevant to the developing countries despite a plan to launch a rival bank by the BRICS emerging powers, Bank president Jim Yong Kim said Thursday.
Fresh worries on growth as IMF, World Bank meets open
19-04-2013 07:53
Fresh worries of slowing growth and potential turbulence from a global flood of liquidity will be in focus when the world's central bankers and finance ministers gather beginning Thursday for the spring meetings of the IMF, World Bank and G20
WB helps Vietnam realise safe water programme
15-04-2013 10:22
A $200 million credit to help improve safe water supply and sanitation in the Red River delta was signed by the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam and the State Bank of Vietnam in Hanoi on February 22.
GEF supports 140 poor fishing communities
31-03-2013 12:32
The World Bank (WB) approved an additional grant of $6.5 million to the Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development Project (CRSD) in Vietnam on March 29.
WB supports Vietnam’s economic reforms
21-03-2013 09:02
The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors has approved the first Economic Management and Competitiveness Credit for Vietnam (EMCC 1) to help the country with economic management reforms for higher productivity and competitiveness, according to a WB Vietnam press release on March 20.
Poverty reduction on the back foot
28-01-2013 17:09
Macro instability and external shocks have created new challenges to Vietnam’s poverty reduction achievements.
Vietnam appreciates WB’s support of SOE reform
17-01-2013 08:47
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh met with the World Bank’s Country Director for Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi on January 16 to discuss the financial sector’s reformation, and the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the country.
WB funds first 110kV transformer station in Hanoi
25-12-2012 10:05
The Electricity of Vietnam – Hanoi branch (EVN Hanoi) on December 24 kicked off construction on the Gia Lam 2 110kV line and transformer station as part of the World Bank (WB)’s Distribution Efficiency Project (DEP).
Nation turns around current account deficit
10-12-2012 14:23
After eight years of suffering from a current account deficit, Vietnam will enjoy a surplus this year despite a turbulent economy.
Oiling wheels of a slow moving machine
06-12-2012 17:22
Vietnam improved its ranking in respect to tax facilitation as seen in the recent World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Doing Business 2013 Report, but it remains near the bottom among ASEAN countries. Hoang Thi Lan Anh, deputy head of General Department of Taxation (GDT)’s Reform and Modernisation Department, sheds some light on the matter.
Better corporate governance in Vietnam, an ongoing journey
01-12-2012 12:52
Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara, Corporate Governance senior operation officer for Asia-Pacific of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has observed that many companies in Vietnam still see corporate governance as something remotely necessary.
IFC urges Vietnam’s listed firms to improve governance
29-11-2012 11:14
A new report by IFC, a member of the World Bank, called on Vietnamese companies to strengthen corporate governance to enhance competitiveness and attract local and foreign capital.
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