A conference was held on January 17 in Hanoi to discuss Vietnam’s readiness for open data and digital government (ODDG), as part of a World Bank (WB) support programme to speed up the development of e-government in the country.
Representatives of the World Bank (WB) had a working session with authorities of southern Binh Duong province on January 17 to discuss WB-funded projects and local infrastructure investment demand.
The Government’s Resolution No.19/NQ-CP has brought about remarkable improvements in business environment and national competitive capacity, creating more favourable conditions for business operation of local enterprises, after five years of implementation.
The Government on January 1 issued a resolution setting targets for improving the business environment and national competitiveness for 2019 through to 2021.
Vietnam’s exports have become more sophisticated with an impressive diversification of exports and increases in higher-value manufacturing exports, according to a recent World Bank (WB) report.
VOV.VN - Economic growth in Vietnam has proven resilient despite weakening external conditions, driven mainly by strong domestic demand and a dynamic export-oriented manufacturing sector.
VOV.VN - An award presentation ceremony and a photo exhibition of the winning photos for the contest “For the Primary Health of Vietnamese people” were held in Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre, Hanoi on December 7.
VOV.VN - VOV Online Newspaper in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, the World Bank, the Ministry of Health and the project “Health Professionals Education and Training for Health System Reforms have jointly launched a photo contest ‘For the primary health of Vietnamese people’ to mark 40 years of the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care.
The World Bank (WB), the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province organised a conference in Dong Hoi city on November 30 to review preparations for the implementation of the Vietnam Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project.
International experts put forward measures for Vietnam’s sustainable energy development and reduction of gas emission during the second high-level meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) in Hanoi on November 26.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and World Bank (WB) Country Director for Vietnam Ousmane Dione on November 22 took a fact-finding trip to the city’s District 2 where the second phase of a WB-funded environmental sanitation project is underway.
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) asked for assistance from the World Bank (WB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to its fund investment activities during a working session in Hanoi on November 13.
The World Bank (WB) and Ho Chi Minh City signed a memorandum of understanding on comprehensive partnership for the 2018-2020 period on November 14.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang on November 12 paid a courtesy visit to Vice President Jusuf Kalla who underlined the need for extra efforts to deepen win-win cooperation between the two countries.
Vietnam will focus on handling bottlenecks and promoting the disbursement and effective use of official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans from donors between 2018 and 2020, per a plan recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
VOV.VN - Vietnam will rotate doctors for working at medical stations which have no doctors while further training by 2020 would help avoid the situation in which commune health stations do not have doctors, a senior Health Ministry official said.
Vietnam has made encouraging achievements in improving the local business climate and national competitiveness since the issuance of Resolution No.19 in 2014, as heard at a seminar held in Hanoi on November 2.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – World Bank (WB) Group annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia, and his visit to the archipelago nation on October 11 and 12 reaped fruitful outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said.
VOV.VN -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the leaders of other ASEAN member states gathered in Bali, Indonesia, on October 12 for the opening ceremony of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Group.
A delegation from the World Bank (WB) made a tour of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on October 11 to support the implementation of the first subproject of the Scaling Up Urban Upgrading Project for Vietnam.
