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Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh has joined a campaign in response to the “Fix My Food” initiative by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) aiming to promote healthier food environments for children in East Asia and the Pacific.

The World Bank (WB) has lowered Lao economic growth in 2022 to 2.5% from the earlier 3.8% projection in April, reported Vientiane Times.

Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has been named the Finance Minister of the Year for East Asia-Pacific by Global Markets magazine one more time for her accomplishments throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Cambodia's economic growth is projected to slow sharply to 2.5 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a World Bank's report released on March 31.

Cambodia is a fast-growing country in a slowing world, the World Bank (WB) said in its latest report.

The first three quarters of 2018 have ended with numerous reports on Vietnam’s economic growth. Reports by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank and IMF affirmed the economic target of 6.5 to 6.7%

The World Bank (WB) has projected Malaysia’s economy to become a high-income country at some point between 2020 and 2024.

Growth in developing East Asia Pacific (EAP) countries is expected to slow slightly to 6.3 percent in 2018, compared to last year, due to the moderation in China’s economic expansion, according to the World Bank (WB)’s EAP Economic Update released on October 4.

The World Bank (WB) predicts Vietnam’s GDP growth this year at 6.8 percent in its East Asia Pacific Economic Update released on October 4, compared to the 6.5-percent projection last April.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank (WB)’s Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, in Hanoi on June 26.

Vietnam's economy is forecasted to expand by 6.8 percent in 2018, 6.6 percent in 2019 and 6.5 percent in 2020, according to the World Bank (WB)’s Global Economic Prospects.

The World Bank (WB) forecasts Vietnam’s economic growth to stabilise around 6.5 percent in 2018 in its East Asia-Pacific Economic Update released on April 12.

Vietnam’s economy continues to show fundamental strength, according to the East Asia-Pacific Economic Update released by the World Bank via a teleconference connecting regional countries.

Large developing economies in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, will likely expand slightly faster in 2017-18, thanks to robust domestic consumption, a gradual recovery in the global economy and commodity prices, the World Bank (WB) said in its East Asia and Pacific Economic Update report.