On June 24, 2025, in Beijing (China), the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) organized a closed meeting to elect the AIIB’s President for the 2026-2031 term. Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh, acting as Alternate Governor representing Vietnam at the AIIB, attended the meeting.
Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh congratulates Ms. Zou Jiayi, AIIB’s President for the 2026-2031 term
AIIB’s Board of Governors elects President for 2026-2031
The meeting was attended by 88 Governors and Alternate Governors representing 97.6% of the total voting rights in the AIIB. After a thorough voting process, Ms. Zou Jiayi was elected by the Board of Governors as the next President of the AIIB for the 2026-2031 term. Her office term is five years, starting from January 16, 2026.
In her speech at the meeting, Ms. Zou Jiayi emphasized a strong commitment to the AIIB’s missions and the importance of multilateralism, infrastructure financing, and regional cooperation.
Ms. Zou mentioned her goal of building a strategic vision for the AIIB, focusing on four main pillars, including: Infrastructure for the Future, Infrastructure for the Region, Infrastructure for Nature, and Infrastructure for People. Ms. Zou also emphasized the important role of the initiatives on climate change, sustainable development and promoting gender equality through investment programs and technical assistance.
Bilateral meetings to strengthen cooperation
In addition to the Board of Governors’ Meeting, the Vietnamese delegation also had several bilateral meetings with various partners in order to strengthen the existing relations and open up new potential cooperation opportunities. Within the framework of the meetings with the senior leaders at the AIIB in charge of finance, treasury and investment, the two sides discussed on many potential areas of cooperation, focusing on investing in bonds issued by the AIIB, managing and developing the AIIB’s investment portfolio in Vietnam, as well as developing innovative and creative financial products.
Vietnamese delegation meets Mr. Andrew Cross, AIIB’s Chief Financial Officer
The SBV Deputy Governor expressed his hope that Vietnamese financial institutions could participate more in-depth in the high-quality investment channels, not only to diversify their investment portfolios, but also to contribute to supporting the AIIB’s sustainable development objectives.
Vietnamese delegation meets Mr. Rajat Misra, Director General of the AIIB’s Infrastructure Investment Department (Region 1) and other officers of the AIIB
Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh also hoped that the AIIB would enhance its presence in Southeast Asia by expanding its preferential financial tools and developing innovative financial products that are suitable to the specific conditions of the developing economies in the region. Especially, the Deputy Governor proposed that the AIIB would continue to support Vietnam in the priority areas of: green transition, digital transformation, smart infrastructure development, and mobilizing private capital for sustainable development projects.
Those activities not only reflected Vietnam's active role in the AIIB’s community, but also opened up specific and practical cooperation opportunities, contributing to promoting the strategic partnership between Vietnam and the AIIB in the new development stage.
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