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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has expressed his hope that the Asian Development Bank would continue to accompany and support Vietnam in COVID-19 prevention and economic recovery.

Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to rebound to 6.7% this year despite the recent resurgence of the coronavirus disease pandemic in nearby countries and rise to 7.0% in 2022, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The nation must strive to develop dedicated technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schemes to enable its transition to the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), with efforts being made to boost worker productivity and local competition, according to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Experts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have revised up the nation’s GDP growth forecasts from 1.8% to 2.3% this year following the acceleration of public investment, coupled with the swift recovery of domestic consumption, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2020 (ADO) report released on December 10.

PSNews - On the morning of October 19, the two Chairman of Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Mr. Andrew Jeffries - Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has co-chaired the meeting "Support the Central of Vietnam to overcome the heavy rainfall and flood".

Developing Asia will barely grow in 2020 as containment measures to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hamper economic activity and weaken external demand, according to a new set of forecasts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses—equivalent to 6.4% to 9.7% of global gross domestic product (GDP)—as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, says a new report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 15.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today tripled the size of its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to $20 billion and approved measures to streamline its operations for quicker and more flexible delivery of assistance.

With unexpectedly strong growth momentum in Q3 likely to carry over into Q4 and next year, the growth forecast for Vietnam is adjusted upward from 6.8% to 6.9% for 2019, and from 6.7% to 6.8% for 2020.

Viet Nam’s economy is forecast to maintain healthy growth in 2019 and 2020 at 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively, after growing robustly at 7.1% last year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in an update of its flagship annual economic publication launched today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today released the 50th edition of its annual statistical report, Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2019, and an online database, Key Indicators Database. 

The local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia continued to expand over the first quarter of 2019 despite trade conflicts and moderating global growth, according to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) latest issue of the Asia Bond Monitor. Housing bonds and green bonds are potential areas of future growth, the quarterly report said.

PSNews - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received $20.19 million from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to support women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) to access critical financing and training in Viet Nam and the Pacific.

Da Nang is taking steps to transform itself into a smart city by 2020 in line with the direction from Vietnam’s government and ABB technologies will support this transformation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Viet Nam signed today a $188 million loan for the Northern Mountain Provinces Transport Connectivity Project. The Project will improve the road connectivity between the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway and northwestern provinces of Viet Nam, enhancing economic opportunities for some of the poorest people in the project area.

PSNews - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $100.6 million in financing to support the Government of Viet Nam’s reform effort to improve health service delivery and the quality of health care providers, especially in poor, border areas.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 100 million USD loan to develop Vietnam’s finance sector, aiming to support long-term economic growth and tackle rising income inequality.