Deputy PM welcomes World Bank Vice President Axel Van Trotsenburg

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh held a reception for World Bank Vice President Axel Van Trotsenburg, who is on a working visit to Viet Nam, in Ha Noi yesterday.

Deputy PM Ninh thanked the guest for his assistance to Viet Nam, especially when it came to the approval of World Bank programmes and projects and the mobilisation of loans under concessional terms.


He hoped the World Bank would continue to help Viet Nam carry out socio-economic development plans, adding that the country would make effective use of the aid.

Trotsenburg said Viet Nam was an active and responsible country, as evidenced by its dynamic participation in World Bank policy dialogues. He pledged that the bank would always support Viet Nam in fields the country needed to enhance people's well being.