Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday emphasised that Viet Nam hoped the World Bank would boost their assistance to the country in its struggle with rising sea-levels and changes in river water sources.
Hai was meeting with the bank’s Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific James Adam.
Hai said that coping with climate change was a priority in the country’s sustainable development.
Adam said that the World Bank would prioritise assisting Viet Nam in its investment programmes and global climate change mitigation projects.
He affirmed that the World Bank would continue ensuring the delivery of already committed assistance in issues related to sustainable development, adding that the bank would consider providing the country with new assistance and help it access assistance from other organisations and donors.
Hai expressed his thanks to the bank for its effective co-operation and support in recent times, especially in the fields of hunger eradication and poverty reduction, sustainable development, public investment reform, and stimulus package to deal with effects of global economic crisis.
Adam said that Vietnamese Government’s policies in coping with the global financial and economic crisis had proved effective and also highly appreciated the country’s sustainable development policy in the coming time.
He stressed that all this has built great confidence for the bank and served as the base for the country and the bank to boost their co-operation and multi-faceted support in the future.