World Bank backs Việt Nam’s plan to make science and innovation new growth engine

Thursday, Oct 02, 2025

Deputy Finance Minister Nguyễn Đức Tâm says innovation and strategic technologies will be the driving force of Việt Nam’s socio-economic strategy.

Việt Nam’s next leap must be green, inclusive, and institution-driven: World Bank

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2025

Mariam J. Sherman, the World Bank’s Division Director for Việt Nam, Cambodia and Lao PDR, tells Vietnam News Agency how reforms, resilience and global integration fuelled Việt Nam''s rise in the past few decades.

Public investment a key growth driver this year: WB

Thursday, Mar 27, 2025

Increasing public investment and domestic business activities will be key to reaching the growth target this year as export demand is forecast to slow, says a World Bank economist.

Việt Nam to become Asia-Pacific region's fastest growing economy in 2026

Thursday, Jan 23, 2025

The World Bank projects Việt Nam''s GDP growth at 6.3 per cent in 2026, the highest in the Asia-Pacific region.

World Bank forecast that VN’s economy will expand by 6.1 per cent in 2024

Monday, Aug 26, 2024

A fundamental issue in Việt Nam which needs to be overcome to ensure healthy and sustainable growth is the underdevelopment of the institutional investor base.

World Bank and Đà Nẵng City to promote co-operation in digital database management

Wednesday, Jun 05, 2024

The central city and the World Bank (WB) will be boosting co-operation in building digital databases as a crucial step towards full digitalisation and becoming a ‘smart’ city.

VN's economy forecast to grow by 5.5 per cent in 2024

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024

After experiencing downturns in 2023, Việt Nam''s economy has been showing signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2024.

Economy picking up, support still needed: WB

Wednesday, Dec 20, 2023

Việt Nam continued to show improvement in economic activities, according to the latest report by the World Bank (WB).

PM calls on WB, IFC to support Việt Nam’s large-scale infrastructure projects

Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023

The PM affirmed that the Vietnamese Government considers the WB and IFC crucial development partners, which have supported and contributed to the nation’s socio-economic development through policy advice and financial assistance for ODA projects, preferential loans and loans for the...

TLG and IFC sign advisory agreement on sustainable rice supply chain

Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023

A An Food JSC signed an advisory agreement on the establishment of a sustainable rice supply chain with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group Tuesday. 

Changes required to improve efficiency and management of public invesment: WB

Thursday, Aug 10, 2023

Despite growing needs, Việt Nam''s public investments have been on a declining trend from 8 per cent of GDP in 2011 to 6 per cent in 2022.

Investments - key to economic growth in Viet Nam: WB expert

Thursday, Jun 15, 2023

Andrea Coppola, World Bank Lead Economist for Viet Nam speaks to Vietnam News Agency about his recommendations for the country to speed up economic recovery and development in the time to come.

VN, Cambodia have fastest port turnaround times in ASEAN: WB

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Container shipping in Viet Nam and Cambodia had the lowest port turnaround times in ASEAN in June 2022 with both countries scoring averages of 0.9 days, according to the World Bank (WB)’s report.

VN’s economy registers strong growth in Q3: World Bank

Friday, Oct 21, 2022

The bank’s October report, Vietnam Macro Monitoring, shows that industrial production and retail sales posted another month of high growth rates (13.0 per cent and 36.1 per cent year-on-year) which could be attributed both to strong economic activities and to...

Viet Nam retains positive economic outlook in short-term: World Bank

Wednesday, Sep 28, 2022

Viet Nam''s economy is expected to grow by 7.2 per cent in 2022 on the back of a strong recovery in domestic demand.