On June 29, 2023, at the headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha had a meeting with Mr. Raja Syamsul Anwar, IMF Alternate Executive Director for the Southeast Asia Voting Group (SEAVG).
Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha meets IMF Alternate Executive Director for Southeast Asia Voting Group.
At the meeting, Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha welcomed Mr. Raja Syamsul Anwar’s first working visit to the SBV on his role as the IMF Alternate Executive Director for the SEAVG. The SBV Deputy Governor expressed his appreciation for the support of Mr. Raja Syamsul Anwar in particular and of the SEAVG in general to Vietnam in the past time, and hoped that the cooperative relations between the two sides would be further developed.
On this occasion, Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha briefed the guest of Vietnam’s macro-economic situation in the first half of 2023. The SBV Deputy Governor shared that, in the context of unprecedented developments in the world economy, the Government of Vietnam, the Ministries and agencies have assessed that 2023 would be a year full of difficulties and challenges to Vietnam’s economy. Therefore, the Government of Vietnam, the Ministries and agencies have actively conducted various measures to resolve the difficulties for the enterprises and the people, resolve the obstacles in the real estate market and the corporate bond market; accelerate the public investment disbursement in order to create a momentum for the economic growth. In addition, the SBV Deputy Governor also agreed with the IMF’s assessment of the potential risks, and the policy recommendations for Vietnam in general and the SBV in particular.
For his part, Mr. Raja Syamsul Anwar, IMF Alternate Executive Director for the SEAVG, spoke highly of the encouraging results that Vietnam has obtained over the past time, and committed that he and the SEAVG would continue to support Vietnam in the coming time. In addition, the IMF Alternate Executive Director for the SEAVG also exchanged and updated about a number of key activities of the SEAVG over the past time.
Toward the end of the meeting, the two sides agreed to further cooperate closely to exchange, update information, and come up with practical and effective cooperative activities to support the economic growth in Vietnam, as well as to enhance the role of the SEAVG in the future.
Le Hang