Vietnam has achieved remarkable success in reducing poverty while controlling inequality. The country's broad … progress too. This report analyzes recent trends in poverty and shared prosperity. It presents the findings of the 2016 Vietnam … organized into two main sections. The first section reviews Vietnam's progress in reducing poverty and promoting share …

Boosting productivity growth, especially that of the domestic private sector, is a key priority of Vietnam. The country … firms, however, are small and only serve the domestic markets. FDI has brought enormous gains to Vietnam in terms of growth … domestic value addition and a weak supplier base in Vietnam. With increasing global competition, and its ambition to move up …

The report examines economic developments in Vietnam in 2018, including its strong trade performance, increased FDI …

Vietnam has successfully developed the electricity and gas sectors that have contributed substantially to the economic … development of Vietnam. To date, near universal electrification has been achieved, and the industrial, commercial, and residential … utilities, are operationally and technically strong. Vietnam has a hydropower system, claiming 38 percent of installed capacity …

This report's purpose is to help Vietnam policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future El Nino-Southern Oscillation … (ENSO) events. It does this by providing information on ENSO's agricultural, economic, and poverty impacts in Vietnam and … outlining ways forward. The report finds that ENSO's impacts vary from region to region and harm Vietnam's people, economy, and …

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 …

Vietnam's on-going reform program places emphasis on improving the efficiency of public investment in order to boost … undertake a diagnostic assessment of Vietnam's public investment management (PIM) system in order to identify weaknesses …