Prime Minister receives WB Vice President

The Vietnamese Government will closely cooperate with the World Bank (WB) in disbursing and improving the efficient use of the bank’s aid, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.
The Vietnamese Government will closely cooperate with the World Bank(WB) in disbursing and improving the efficient use of the bank’s aid,Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.

Dung made theaffirmation at a reception for visiting WB East Asia and PacificRegional Vice President Axel van Trotsenburg in Hanoi on May 7.

During the meeting, the PM highlighted the positive development of theVietnam-WB relationship, and expressed gratitude to the WB for aidprogrammes and practical policy consultation it has given to Vietnamover the past time.

He said he hopes that the WB willcontinue support for Vietnam’s socio-economic and infrastructuredevelopment, human resources training and poverty reduction while givingmore practical and effective policy consultations to the country.

For his part, Axel van Trotsenburg, who is on a Vietnam visit from May6-9, affirmed that the bank will continue granting Vietnam a financialresource as much as possible in order to help the country achieve itssocio-economic goals.

He suggested the two sides close coordinate with each other in disbursing the WB’s aid at the highest level.

The WB Vice President also pledged that his bank will always standside by side with Vietnam, especially in providing policyconsultations relating to stabilising macro-economy and maintaininggrowth.

The bank is willing to assist Vietnam in accessingcapital resources and promoting public-private partnership as well as innew cooperation areas that Vietnam has demand, he added.-VNA

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