While receiving WB Country Director for Vietnam, Victoria Kwakwa, in Hanoi on November 23, Mr Hai thanked the WB for formulating policies on public-private partnership (PPP) to encourage more investments in infrastructure construction. 

He said that as infrastructure construction projects are associated with many ministries, sectors and localities, it is necessary to boost personnel training, raise public awareness and simplify administrative procedures to attract more private investment in this area.

For her part, Ms Kwakwa affirmed that the WB is willing to provide continued assistance in policy making and institutional completion to Vietnam.

She said the WB and the Ministry of Planning and Investment will co-host a conference on PPP in infrastructure construction in Hanoi on November 24, where domestic and foreign investors, international experts and government agencies will offer recommendations to make PPP projects more effective in Vietnam.

Mr Hai and Ms Kwakwa discussed ways to increase cooperation and the efficiency of WB-funded projects in Vietnam.