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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives IMF’s consultants
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday hosted a reception for a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Sanjaya Panth, Deputy Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, as they are on a working trip in Viet Nam for Article IV consultation.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) shakes hands with Deputy Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department Sanjaya Panth, Ha Noi, June 29, 2023 – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Prime Minister Pham expressed his satisfaction with the outcomes of the cooperation between Viet Nam and the IMF.
He said that the Vietnamese Government always listens to and highly appriciates the evaluation opinions and policy recommendations from the IMF.
The report prepared by the Article IV consultation team is one of the important sources of input information for the making and implementation of policies by the government, ministries and sectors, the Prime Minister said.
He added that consultation and policy dialogue with the IMF have supported the Vietnamese government in formulating stable and effective socio-economic development policies, especially during the COVID-19 crisis and the current global instability.
The Government chief suggested the financial institution continue providing competent Vietnamese agencies with training programs and technical support in economic, financial, and monetary management, and statistics.
The IMF delegation assessed that global growth prospects are relatively weak, but the Asian region, including Viet Nam, sees more favourable ones and can serve as a global growth driver.
The Vietnamese economy is expected to grow better in the last months of 2023 and this growth momentum is likely to be sustained and boosted in the coming years./.