VOV.VN - Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is expected to remain resilient over the next three years, according to a new World Bank report.

VOV.VN - Mr. Ousmane Dione will assume the position of Country Director for the World Bank in Vietnam, effective September 12, 2016.

VOV.VN -  On July 25, the World Bank (WB) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) signed US$371 million agreements to support with economic competitiveness, climate change response and green growth, and water supply and waste water treatment. 

VOV.VN - The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on July 11 signed agreements for loans and credits worth US$560 million for two projects to support urban development, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong Delta.  

VOV.VN -On May 26, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$119 million in additional financing for an ongoing project to respond to key urban development challenges focusing on assuring water supply and wastewater needs of selected urban areas in Vietnam.  

Vietnam still enjoys strong growth prospects among the large developing ASEAN economies though its economic growth is expected to moderate to 6.2% in 2016, the World Bank (WB) says. 

VOV.VN - About 80 delegates from 11 countries in the East Asia Pacific Region gathered in Vietnam April 4 to discuss how to meaningfully and effectively integrate gender in rural transport operations.

East Asia is aging faster than any other region in history, and some middle-income and wealthier economies could lose as much as 15% of their working-age population by 2040, according to a new World Bank (WB) report.

(VOV) - Weak growth among major emerging markets will weigh on global growth in 2016, but economic activity should still pick up modestly to a 2.9% pace, from 2.4% growth in 2015, as advanced economies gain speed, according to the World Bank’s January 2016 Global Economic Prospects.

Vietnam’s economy has weathered the recent turbulence in the external environment fairly well, says the World Bank’s Taking Stock report, released on December 2, with GDP growth expected to come in at 6.5% this year.