Vietnam has sufficient conditions to achieve the twin targets of curbing the COVID-19 pandemic and securing economic growth in 2021, according to Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andrew Jeffries.

VOV.VN - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is offering support to personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers based in developing nations, including Vietnam to supply reliable and quality PPE products.

The Vietnamese Government has responded swiftly to the COVID-19 economic impacts, which was supported by strong fundamentals, thus ensuring the economy’s resilience, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Vietnam Andrew Jeffries.

The budget revenue increased significantly in the first five months of this year thanks to recovery from 2020 and some sectors seeing strong growth, such as banking, securities, real estate and automobile industries, according to the General Department of Taxation.

VOV.VN - The nation has been chosen among a range of leading Southeast Asian destinations by Japanese investors, according to Nakajima Takeo, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Hanoi.

Demand for deposits by individuals have increased significantly in recent months as people tended to switch to cashless payment methods, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commercial banks have made public the sale of unsecured consumer debt for the first time in the country.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently signed a facility agreement to provide up to US$25 million for an onshore wind power generation project with a total capacity of 144 MW in the central province of Quang Tri.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 27 signed a US$116-million green loan with local firms to build and operate three 48-megawatt (MW) wind farms, totaling 144 MW, in Quang Tri province.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has called on parties concerned in the Israel-Palestine conflict to return to the negotiating table to seek a durable solution in the region.