Vietnam has reaped worthy experiences in the fight against poverty
that other countries can learn from, said a senior official from the
Asian Development Bank (ADB).
ADB Vice President Lawrence Green
Wood made the remark at his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi on August 19.
Wood is here for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Ministerial Conference.
Describing
Vietnam ’s socio-economic development successes as very impressive,
the ADB official also expressed his delight that the ADB has contributed
its part to these successes.
The ADB executive said his
institution wants to boost cooperation with Vietnam in projects
covering power generation and transmission and construction of subways
in the capital city of Hanoi and the country’s economic hub of Ho
Chi Minh City .
He noted that ADB is always a partner to ASEAN
during the latter’s development and integration process and supports the
group’s plan of shaping up the ASEAN Community by 2015.
Calling
for Vietnam ’s contribution to the infrastructure construction fund for
ASEAN, the ADB thanked Vietnam for early preparations for the ADB’s
annual meeting in the country in 2011.
For his part, Deputy PM
Khiem said he was pleased with the close and effective cooperation
between Vietnam and the regional financial institution.
He
took the opportunity to thank the institution for assisting Vietnam
practically and efficiently in poverty reduction, infrastructure
construction and policy-making projects.
“That valuable assistance has contributed productively to Vietnam ’s socio-economic development,” Deputy PM Khiem stressed.
He
briefed his guest on the country’s efforts to reform administrative
procedures and raise the efficiency of the use of ADB’s loans.
Vietnam is proud of what it has achieved in the fight against poverty
and ensuring social welfare for its people and is willing to share
experiences in the fields with other countries, Khiem told the ADB
official.
He said he believed that with experiences drawn from
the organisation of numerous international events, Vietnam will
work to make ADB’s annual meeting in 2011 successful./.
