On January 17, 2019, at the headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh had a meeting with the World Bank (WB) delegation led by Ms. Zoubida Kherous Allaoua, WB Senior Director of Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation (FCI).
Also attending the meeting were representatives from the SBV’s International Cooperation Department, the Banking Supervision Agency, the Payment Department, the Department of Legal Affairs, the Credit Department, the Monetary and Financial Stabilization Department, Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC), CIC, etc.
At the meeting, on behalf of the SBV Board of Management, Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh welcomed Ms. Zoubida Kherous Allaoua for her first working visit to the SBV, and congratulated Ms. Irina Astrakhan on her appointment as the FCI Director for East Asia and the Pacific region, also responsible for the cooperation with and the support to Vietnam. He highly appreciated the WB’s cooperation in Vietnam’s strategy of socio-economic development in general and in the finance and banking sector in particular. He said that the WB is the largest donor for the finance and banking sector in Vietnam.
For her part, Ms. Zoubida Kherous Allaoua thanked Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh for his hospitality, and emphasized that the WB would continue to cooperate and support Vietnam in the process of successfully implementing the national targets.
Moreover, the two sides also exchanged their views on enhancing the development and transparency of the banking sector; the Support Program on Financial Inclusion; cooperation in the fields of payments and fintech; support for production value chains,…
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