June’s Consultative Group meeting to focus on macro-economic stability

The World Bank-chaired mid-year Consultative Group meeting of Vietnam donors is set for June 9, 2011 in Ha Tinh City, Ha Tinh Province, to focus on stabilizing the macro-economy and protecting the poor from economic instability, WB said Friday.

(File photo) (Front, L-R) Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, and Ms. Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam, attend the 2010 Consultative Group meeting in Hanoi last December
(File photo) (Front, L-R) Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, and Ms. Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam, attend the 2010 Consultative Group meeting in Hanoi last December

Topics for discussions include re-establishing and maintaining macroeconomic stability, protecting the poor from macroeconomic instability, counter corruption and aid effectiveness, WB said in a statement.

Ahead of the meeting, a separate Vietnam Business Forum - a structured and on-going dialogue between the Vietnamese Government and the business community – will be held on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Hanoi, by the World Bank Group's member - the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in coordination with the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment.

WB said the business forum would be dedicated to perception of the local investment climate, banking and capital markets, infrastructure, education, manufacturing, distribution, mining and tourism.

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