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Along with the Bank’s loans and technical assistance, a new guidebook aims to help Vietnam manage urban flood risks, in line with its rapid growth in urbanization. Read More »
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Vietnam can use the power of the market and the facilitating role of the state to chart a new course of development that is more efficient and equitable. Read More »
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The report highlights issues in land compensation and clearance policies and discusses some recommendations to overcome land legislation limitations in Vietnam. Read More »
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This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. The author finds that, notwithstanding...
Vietnam has achieved remarkable economic growth since the Doi Moi reforms beginning in 1986. The reform process also marks the growth of Vietnam's urban population. With 30 percent of its population living in urban areas and a 3.4 percent urban population...
Vietnam has done a remarkable job in achieving nearly universal coverage (i.e. 96 percent) in access to electricity. Access to other important basic services such as water and sanitation remain at lower levels despite still remarkable improvement: by 2007...
Executive Directors approved the First Climate Change Development Policy Operation (DPO) Project for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the amount of US$70 million on the payment terms and conditions set out in the President's Memorandum. Directors...
The World Bank has been privileged to be part of Vietnam's remarkable achievements in reducing poverty and graduating to middle income status through sustained high levels of growth over the past thirty five years. Our comparative advantage is the scope...
The report aims to shed light on the issues Vietnam will be facing in the process of reforming its tax policy and administration. Read More »
Gender equality is important in its own right as well as a contributor to poverty reduction and economic development, says the World Development Report 2012. Read More »