Governor Nguyen Van Binh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) had a meeting with Mr. Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) in Hanoi on March 4.
At the meeting, SBV Governor Nguyen Van Binh highly appreciated Mr. Tony Blair’s great contribution as well as advising role in developing strategic partnerships between Vietnam and the UK. Moreover, SBV Governor expressed his sincere thanks to the Office of Tony Blair, which was founded by Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for supporting the Vietnamese Government in the strategic fields of attracting foreign investment, framework for public-private partnerships (PPP), the reform of the state owned enterprises.
In addition, the SBV Governor briefed the guest of macro-economic achievements in 2014. He also said that in 2015, the SBV will manage monetary policy in an active and flexible manner in close coordination with the fiscal policy to control inflation target of below 5%, stabilize macro-economy, support economic growth at a reasonable level of 6.2%, ensure the liquidity of credit institutions and the economy. The SBV Governor asserted that the Vietnamese Government and the SBV will continue to create a healthy investment environment, and conduct measures to protect the interests of investors in Vietnam. He expressed his hope that via the Office of Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will work closely and share his experience with the SBV in reform and international economic integration in the new phase, when the ASEAN Economic Community, of which Vietnam is an official member, operates officially...
For his part, Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair highly appreciated the positive results of macroeconomic stability, economic reforms, especially the banking sector reforms that Vietnam has achieved in the recent years and expressed his optimism on the development of Vietnam's economy in 2015.
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