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.
VOV.VN - Three local ports have been listed among the top 50 of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), as launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.
The flow of overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached US$5.1 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 22% year on year, the State Bank of Vietnam’s Branch in the city has reported.
The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank on October 19 jointly held a virtual consultation workshop on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.
A seminar on promoting the involvement of pioneering enterprises in natural disaster prevention and control, and response to climate change and epidemics was held in Hanoi on October 15.
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which entered into force in August 2020, has helped to boost two-way trade and buffer the impact of the economic downturn, according to an article posted on October 13 by The Business Times of Singapore.
Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for this year has been lowered to 2-2.5%, according to the World Bank's October 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s push to enhance competitiveness, reduce its carbon footprint, and improve lives and livelihoods has been given a boost with the approval of an AUD5 million granted by the Australian government.
VOV.VN - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recently launched a communication campaign which calls on people to reduce ocean plastic waste.