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"Monetary policy should remain supportive in the near term. Greater two-way exchange rate flexibility within the current framework would reduce the need to build reserve buffers and facilitate the adjustment to a potentially more challenging external environment." … [Read more...] about Vietnam GDP growth to be among world’s highest in 2020: IMF

The Covid Performance Index compiled by the institute evaluated how 98 countries and territories have handled their own Covid-19 outbreaks based on the availability of data across six indicators: confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, confirmed cases per million people, confirmed deaths per million people, confirmed cases as a proportion of tests and tests per a thousand people. … [Read more...] about Vietnam ranks second in world Covid-19 response

ADB also pointed out numerous factors affecting the economic growth, including US-China trade war and the ratification of the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. According to the organization, manufacturing and private consumption sectors will be the next growth engine for Vietnam this year. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s economy retains strong growth momentum: ADB

Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reported that it received 20.2 million USD from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) led by women. Accordingly, nearly 5,000 SMEs will be given access to critical financing and training courses in both Vietnam and the Pacific during five years. It is the second time the ADB has received the second non-refundable aid from We-Fi to support the Women Accelerating Vibrant Enterprises in Southeast Asia and the Pacific (WAVES) programme. Women-led businesses comprise roughly 60 percent of all micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in Asia and the Pacific. However, they face capital constraints, which hamper their growth and development. In April 2018,  the ADB received a 12.6 million USD grant from We-Fi - which is managed by the World Bank - to promote women entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka. The lender has been investing in women’s … [Read more...] about ADB funds over 20 mln USD for women-led SMEs

Prague (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will lead Vietnam to new successes, with the successful organisation of the 13th National Party Congress and the approval of orientations for a new period, said Leo Luzar, President of the Czech Republic-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group. Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Prague, Luzar, who is a member of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), said that the CPV’s 13th congress is a big event drawing attention of the Czech Republic in general and the KSČM in particular. According to him, over the past years, the CPV has set forth sound guidelines and statutes to lead the country, thus bringing about a better life for all people, especially the poor. The KSČM has kept a close watch on the Southeast Asian country’s economic development in recent years, he stated, adding that Vietnam has developed rapidly and sustainably and local people’s trust in the … [Read more...] about Czech parliamentarian believes CPV to lead Vietnam to new successes