NA Chairwoman hails WB’s support for Vietnam
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has hailed the
World Bank and its Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione for their contributions
to Vietnam’s development in various areas, especially in institution and
infrastructure development.
During
a reception in Hanoi on June 25, Ngan lauded Dione for contributing to ties
between the WB and Vietnam during his four-year tenure, saying that a number of
NA-approved bills and socio-economic projects received technical and
professional support from Dione and the WB.
She
said Dione directed the building of the World Bank Group Country Partnership Framework for Vietnam 2018 – 2022 with four priorities - inclusive growth and the private
sector’s participation, investment in human and knowledge, environment
sustainability and good governance. The lender also assisted Vietnam in realising
vision and implementing policy recommendations in the strategic report “Vietnam
2035”.
Dione,
for his part, highly valued the Vietnamese legislature for approving the
Public-Private Partnership Law and the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade
Agreement, especially amid rising protectionism at present.
He suggested Vietnam develop logistics and infrastructure, improve the efficiency of State agencies, modernise institutions,
enhance innovation and digital transformation, ensure social integration in the
spirit of “Leaving no one behind”.
Vietnam
plays an important role in gathering countries in Mekong River basin to discuss
solutions to relevant problems, he said.
About
this, NA Chairwoman Ngan said as a responsible country in the Lower Mekong
River, Vietnam wants to ensure an ecological environment for habitants in the
area so that the impacts of its changes to the river should be appraised.
She
informed his guest that the Vietnamese legislature adopted a Resolution
approving the master plan on socio-economic development for ethnic minority and
mountainous regions for the 2021-2030 period.
As Vietnam is in the period of economic recovery
following the COVID-19 pandemic, the WB’s policy recommendations are helpful to the
country, she said, adding that Vietnam is also willing to welcome a new wave of
investment, prioritise hi-tech projects to contribute to promoting digital
economy./.