VOV.VN - Axel van Trotsenburg, the World Bank Managing Director of Operations is paying an official visit to Vietnam on July 18-19 with a view to discussing with Vietnamese leaders the evolution of World Bank - Vietnam partnership and areas of World Bank support over the next 4-5 years.

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc has had a working session with Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan, and Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweal, during his recent working visit to Switzerland.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Finance Minister Ho Duc Phuc paid a working visit to Germany from July 9 to July 13 in order to exchange experience in public financial management as a means of moving towards green growth with relevant German agencies.

Revenues of the State budget in the first six months of this year stood at about VND941.3 trillion (US$40.3 billion), equivalent to 66.7% of the yearly estimates, it was reported at the Finance Ministry’s review conference on July 7.

VOV.VN - UK financial publication Asiamoney has honoured the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) as the Best Services for Trade Finance in Vietnam for 2022.

The London-based Global Economics Times magazine has awarded the Best New Fintech Product 2022 to "Fly first - Pay later", a technological product launched by the new-age carrier Vietjet and the MOVI consumer finance solution.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has put forward a proposal to impose a maximum reduction to the environmental protection tax placed on fuel products in an attempt to curb retail petrol and oil prices that have kept rising over the past months.

Legislators will continue with the question and answer (Q&A) session on June 8, as part of the third sitting of the 15th National Assembly, with a focus on agriculture and rural development, finance and banking.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the HCM City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) signed a memorandum of understanding on May 11 to become strategic partners for helping small and medium enterprises scale up finance and participate in global supply chains.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Scott A. Nathan on May 12 (US time) as part of his trip to the US.