Vietnam is in the process of updating its Labor Code of 2012. This advisory note is designed to inform a dialog on … as stipulated by the Vietnam Promulgation of Laws of 2015. The advisory note draws on analysis carried out by the task … team and under the World Bank's Vietnam Jobs Diagnostic. This advisory note is follow-up to a workshop hosted by the Social …

in Vietnam shows that the main determinant of the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030 is the income of unskilled … significant impact on poverty in Vietnam in about a quarter of the scenarios, with 400,000 to more than a million people living in …

With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural …, while the main strategy in Vietnam today to manage flood risk is to reduce exposure, the increase in exposure estimated in …

Given its modest position as a lower-middle-income country, Vietnam stands out from the rest of the world with its … sources, some of which have rarely been used. The study finds that Vietnam has significantly increased school enrollment at …

This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for … the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered at the lower end of the range of the Programme for International … student Assessment scores. The paper compares Vietnam's performance with that of a set of seven developing countries from the …

Vietnam because of its substantial cost and lack of awareness and participation of people and businesses. Wastes can be …

Vietnam's transport sector plays an important role in its socioeconomic development. Passenger transport helps meets …

The rapid growth of Vietnam's economy, industry, and consumption has resulted in unprecedented growth in energy demand …. Between 2000 and 2005, total primary energy consumption in Vietnam grew 10.6 percent per year. Growth in fossil … gas use at 37 percent per year. From 2002 to 2030, Vietnam's primary energy demand is expected to grow at a rate of 4 …

World Bank's broader program of assistance to Vietnam. It does so by reviewing the current understanding of climate change … in Vietnam and likely impacts, outlining principles to guide the Bank's engagement in this field, and applying these …. The report represents a first iteration of a strategy for supporting Vietnam in managing the challenges posed by climate …