On the afternoon of March 27, at the Presidential Palace, Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan received Ms. Carolyn Turk, Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam, to say goodbye and end her working term.
At the meeting, Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan congratulated Ms. Carolyn Turk on a successful working term in Vietnam. The Acting President highly appreciated the WB in recent times actively supporting many countries to develop better, contributing to improving people's living standards, especially for poor and developing countries. .
The Acting President stated that over the past 30 years, the WB has accompanied and provided practical support in Vietnam's Doi Moi process. For Vietnam, the WB is one of the three largest development partners and providers of foreign loans. Those loan sources are distributed in many different fields, implementing many highly effective projects, contributing to improving and enhancing people's lives.
In particular, during her term in Vietnam, Ms. Carolyn Turk actively promoted cooperation between Vietnam and the World Bank; including very meaningful activities such as: Postponing quick repayment of loans; have initiatives to support countries in COVID-19 prevention and control; providing non-refundable aid to help Vietnam overcome the pandemic and restore socio-economic development; Mobilizing resources for Vietnam's development investment...
The Acting President hopes that, with deep affection and concern for Vietnam, no matter what position she holds, Ms. Carolyn Turk will continue to contribute her voice to the WB to implement commitments between the two countries. beside. The Acting President proposed that in the coming time, the WB continue to cooperate closely and support Vietnam in the development process; Help Vietnam implement key national and large-scale projects in the fields of transport infrastructure, urban areas, renewable energy, smart agriculture, climate change response...
In addition, the WB continues to support non-refundable aid for Vietnam to implement international commitments with the United Nations related to areas such as peacekeeping, international security, and transformation. climate, sustainable development, ensuring water security, food security...
Emphasizing vulnerable groups, remote areas, women and girls, Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hopes that in the coming time, Vietnam and the World Bank will have more priority programs and projects. for this target group.
WB Country Director in Vietnam Carolyn Turk thanked the Acting President, the President's Office and other agencies, ministries and localities for the support and assistance given to the WB and her personally in real time. currently on duty in Vietnam.
Referring to the current world context with complex and unpredictable developments, wars and conflicts affecting global trade and Vietnam's socio-economic growth goals, Ms. Carolyn Turk affirmed that the World Bank is ready to accompany Vietnam on the journey to realizing development goals.
Noting that the WB is developing a document on strategic partnership with the Government of Vietnam, Ms. Carolyn Turk affirmed that the WB will work with the Government of Vietnam in the near future to concretize this content, especially is a source of capital to support Vietnam in the period 2023-2027.
