22-11-2011 14:18
Growth in East Asian economies will slow next year with demand from key export markets in the United States and falling as they struggle with their debt crises, warned on Tuesday.
14-11-2011 06:53
The huge gap between government-regulated and market land prices in Vietnam is causing bottlenecks in the country’s land market, according to one World Bank expert.
09-11-2011 15:36
Land prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are equivalent to 80 years of rental costs, the World Bank has said.
05-11-2011 13:40
The World Bank has so far provided Vietnam with non-refundable aid, preferential credits and loans worth $13.5 billion to help the country in its national development.
20-10-2011 08:26
Singapore remains the easiest place to do business, the World Bank said in a report, with the Asian financial center keeping its title for a sixth straight year.
06-09-2011 09:00
The head of the World Bank on Monday urged China to rebalance its export-driven economy and said taming rising inflation remained the most important challenge for the country in the short term.
03-09-2011 19:21
World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned Saturday that the global economy was heading into a new "danger zone", as he urged China to speed up structural reforms to help its development.
20-08-2011 08:24
A working delegation of the World Bank (WB) spoke highly of the implementation of an urban upgrade project which is underway in the northern province of Nam Dinh, during a working visit to the province from August 17-19.
18-08-2011 10:37
Thirty-four out of over 160 projects of the Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative 2011 (VACI) programme, jointly held by the Government Inspectorate and the World Bank (WB), were honoured at an award ceremony in Hanoi on August 17.
17-08-2011 14:36
The final round of competition of Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative, VACI 2011 was launched on August 16 by the Government Inspectorate and the World Bank (WB) in Hanoi.
16-08-2011 22:00
Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are joining alliances to enhance the value of their agricultural products as part of a project that uses funds from a governmental loan from the World Bank.
27-07-2011 09:56
The Temasek Foundation of Singapore and the World Bank (WB) will fund a programme on enhancing traffic management capacity and transport planning for the central city of Danang.
22-07-2011 14:04
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, on July 22 committed a record $505 million in the fiscal year 2011 to help Vietnamese businesses increase their import and export activities.
18-07-2011 17:10
World Bank chief Robert Zoellick attacked World Trade Organization member states on Monday over their plans to secure a mini free trade deal rather than an overall accord by December, saying that this was defeatist.
14-07-2011 09:45
The World Bank (WB) will provide $710 million for Vietnam to implement three projects on public investment reform, irrigation and urban water supply.