On 7th March, 2018 at the headquarter of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong received and worked with Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe, Special Advisor to President of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) and Mr. Koji Ito, General Director of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) in Hanoi.
On behalf of the SBV Board of Managements, Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong welcomed the delegation of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) led by Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe - Special Adviser of the President to visit and work in SBV. Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong hoped that the delegation’s visit will contribute to promoting cooperation between both countries.
At the meeting, Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe delivered the Lunar New Year wishes to the leaders of the SBV as well as congratulated the achievements of the SBV in the past year. Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe reported to SBV Deputy Governor of the global macroeconomic situation, updating the macroeconomic fluctuations of countries in Asia & Oceania region.
SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong also exchanged SBV’s views on changes, difficulties and advantages before and when Vietnam entered into trade agreements. The SBV considers the macro-economic stabilization, inflation controlling as the top priorities, laying the foundation for sustainable and long-term growth; especially in the context of deepening integration into the world economy, Vietnam’s economy will be affected by more and more external shocks through exchange rates, investment flows and trade flows… The SBV regularly and closely monitors domestic and foreign market movements in order to adjust the exchange rate in a timely manner, avoid excessive fluctuations and affected market sentiment. Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong emphasized that the success of the SBV's administration is due to close coordination with other ministries and agencies through the Government's drastic direction to manage monetary policy in harmony with fiscal policy and other macro policies.
Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong highly appreciated the investment activities of the MUFG Group in Vietnam over the past time. Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong desired that as a member of the the world's leading financial group, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) would continue to support Vietnam for developing the capital market and promoting Vietnam’s Government Bond market to Japanese investors as well as research, consult and support Vietnam to improve statistics, predictions for warning in advance of the impacts of economic and finance in the context of international economic integration.
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