VOV.VN - Standard Chartered Bank has identified the nation as one of the priority destinations among emerging economies due to its development potential and open-door policy.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung appreciated the World Bank (WB)’s aid for the capital while receiving WB Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk on November 2.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 2 met with World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow.

The United Nations-Climate Change Conference COP26 (the 26th Conference of the Parties) is taking place in Glasgow, the United Kingdom, between October 31 and November 12. The UK will be assuming the COP26 Presidency, in partnership with Italy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed a total of 26 cooperation documents worth billions of US dollars on October 31 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s current visit to the UK.

Digital technology, if exploited to the maximum, can bring over VND1.733 quadrillion (US$74 billion) to Vietnam by 2030, with the most beneficial sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and food, and education-training.

The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank have jointly held a virtual consultation workshop on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance, with support from the World Bank, the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and the Global Affairs Canada, launched the first set of Public Sector Accounting Standards (VPSASs) in full compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) on October 27 signed a US$200 million loan fund with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).

VOV.VN - Country Gender Equality Profile Vietnam 2021 (CGEP), the first comprehensive report on the gender equality situation in Vietnam, was released at a meeting on October 26 by the UN Women, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation.