VOV.VN - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 11 approved a US$194.36 million credit to help four secondary cities in Vietnam build critically-needed municipal infrastructure and strengthen urban planning.
VOV.VN -Vietnam and Indonesia have implemented the most reforms in the past 15 years, with 39 reforms each, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business report.
VOV.VN - Vietnam needs a financial protection strategy to better protect its population and budget against the cost imposed by natural disasters.
VOV.VN - Vietnam can improve migrants’ access to public services and employment by reducing the time and number of requirements needed for residents to obtain ho khau, or permanent residency, according to a new report by the World Bank (WB) and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB) is downgrading its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4% from the 2.9% pace projected in January.
VOV.VN - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on May 12 approved a US$150 million loan to the government of Vietnam for the Third Economic Management and Competitiveness development policy operation.
VOV.VN- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved more than $500 million in support for improvements to road and bridge connections as well as flood control and sanitation conditions in Vietnam.
VOV.VN - 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.
A new report recommending steps to help lift Vietnam to upper-middle-income status in two decades suggests the country build a more competitive private sector, support smart urbanization, promote innovation, and take advantage of increasing trade opportunities to enact broad structural reforms.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank (WB) Group has announced that it is supporting the rehabilitation and expansion of BT20 National Highway 20, a critical transportation link in Vietnam.