VOV.VN - The World Bank has made key recommendations to help Da Nang, a centrally-run city in central Vietnam, address development challenges and consolidate its role as a growth pole in the region.

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB) is ready to assist the capital in implementing its urban transport development and infrastructure projects, especially with regard to the urban railway system.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk co-chaired a high-level policy dialogue on low-carbon green agricultural transformation and emissions reduction on November 30.

The World Bank will always support Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular during the process of construction and development, WB Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk said on November 29.

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.

The Vietnamese Government continues to consider official development assistance (ODA) as an important capital source and allocate part of it for socio-economic development in the mid-term public investment plan, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB) and partners on September 29 launched a project aiming to reduce economic and health vulnerability of older persons in Vietnam, under a US$2.75-million grant, funded by the Government of Japan through the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), administered by the WB.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has proposed that the World Bank (WB) help Vietnamn research and produce its own COVID-19 vaccines.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan has pledged to tackle obstacles to two projects on food safety and hygiene, and sustainable fishery development, saying that they are urgent to Vietnam’s agriculture.

The World Bank (WB) has signed an agreement with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to provide a non-refundable aid worth AUD740,000 (US$563,000) through the the Australia-World Bank Group Strategic Partnership’s second phase to help Vietnam conduct a nationwide survey serving its gender policy making.