Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung thanked the World Bank (WB) Group for its effective assistance to the development of Vietnam over the past years during his meeting with WB Group President Jim Yong Kim in Hanoi on July 17. >> WB Group President pledges continued help to Vietnam He pledged that Vietnam will use the nearly 4 billion USD loan that was freshly committed by the WB Group in a most effective way. The sum will come from the institution’s International Development Association (IDA). PM Dung noted that burdening severe consequences from wars, Vietnam has a high proportion of poor households, especially among ethnic minority groups and it is forecast to be one of the countries hardest hit by climate change and sea level rise. Photo: VNA Therefore, the country is in need of both policy consultancy and financial aid from the international community, including the WB Group, for securing sustainable development, he said. He also suggested that the institution consider further support for Vietnam in poverty reduction among ethnic minority groups, afforestation in coastal areas and hospital overload settlement, while boosting cooperation in public-private partnership (PPP), especially in transportation infrastructure projects. Vietnam also hopes to get access to other capital sources from the WB Group, PM Dung added. The WB Group President said Vietnam is one of the two countries receiving such a large loan from his institution, pledging to mobilise all possible sources to aid the country. The WB Group hopes to coordinate with other development partners of Vietnam, including the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in order to ensure the effective use of assistance, he said. The executive clarified that the bank is keen on strengthening partnership with Vietnam in the state-owned enterprises’ restructuring, PPP, climate change adaptation, new energy resources, health care and social welfare. He said the WB Group will consider PM Dung’s proposals and add them to the Strategy Report until 2030 that it is building with Vietnam. The same day, both host and guest witnessed the signing of an 876 million USD loan agreement for five programmes and projects relating to national economy competitiveness, electricity, urban development, healthcare personnel and climate change response. At a press conference held later, PM Dung said Vietnam highly values the IDA loans for 2014-2017 and vowed to disburse the capital in a rapid and effective manner. Kim stated that the WB Group will continue standing side by side with Vietnam during its path of becoming an industrialised country. The development story of Vietnam should be shared worldwide, he added. Both sides said they believe that with their joint efforts, the Vietnam-WB Group ties will be elevated to a new height. Source: VNA
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:40:34 +0000
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