Vietnam hopes the World Bank (WB) will continue to support the country to cope with challenges, especially climate change adaptation, renewable energy development, education, and healthcare.
Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) receives Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Victoria Kwakwa (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam hopes the World Bank (WB) will continue to support the country to cope with cha🀅llenges, especially climate change adaptation, renewable energy development, education, healthcare, and youngsters’ startups.
Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan made the remark at a farewell reception for former WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa, who is serving as new Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific.
He congratulated Victoria Kwakwa on her new post and highly valued her remarkable contributions during her working tenure in Vietnam, particularly in the fields of policy consulting, financial support, education-training, agriculture, production and exports, thus improving local living standards.
The official expressed his pleasure at the comprehensive and pragmatic cooperation between Vietnam and the WB, confirming that Vietnam attaches much importance to the effective use of loans from the international community, especially the World Bank (WB), for socio-economic development and poverty reduction efforts.
The guest thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and people for supporting the WB programmes and hailed achievements that the Southeast Asian country has gained over the past years, notably macroeconomic stabilisation, climate change resilience, social welfares policy and private economic development.
She said she hopes Vietnam will build on these attainments and exert more efforts to gain better outcomes in the aforesaid fields.-VNA
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan has spoken highly of the World Bank’s support and assistance to Vietnam in the fight against poverty.
The World Bank is now embarking on a process to design its next strategy to support Vietnam in implementing the 2016-2020 socio-economic development programme and achieve the set objectives.
The World Bank (WB) has approved a loan of 90 million USD to help Vietnam strengthen its climate change and green growth agenda in accordance with the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan.
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Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) receives Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Victoria Kwakwa (Photo: VNA)
