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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa at the Government's headquarters, May 12, 2016. Photo: VGP
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The PM expressed his hope that Ms. Victoria Kwakwa will make crucial contributions to maintaining and enhancing the relations between Viet Nam and the WB in her newly-appointed position as WB Regional Vice President for East Asia.
He hoped that the WB will provide more assistance for Viet Nam to take full advantage of new Free Trade Agreements (FTA) to promote sustainable socio-economic development.
Viet Nam is listed among nations seriously hit by climate change, he said, suggesting the WB cooperate and support Viet Nam to realize short and long-term measures addressing climate change as well as supply preferential Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Viet Nam in tackling difficulties arising from socio-economic development process.
Ms. Victoria Kwakwa hailed the PM’s active activities in advocating the private sector and assisting businesses in overcoming obstacles to stabilize their operations, confirming that the WB always supports Viet Nam to enhance the relations between the two sides and tackle difficulties and challenges.
The WB is willing to help Viet Nam get access to preferential capital for developing renewable energy, reducing consequences of climate change and realizing Viet Nam’s commitments at the Paris climate conference (COP21).
At the meeting, host and guest discussed measures to address droughts and sea-water intrusion in the Central, the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta.
By Thuy Dung
