Publication: COVID-19 Policy Response Notes for Vietnam
Date
2020-06
ISSN
Published
2020-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
‘You can count on your trusted friends
in difficult time’. This saying symbolizes Vietnam and the
World Bank Group’s long-lasting partnership over the past 25
years, which grows even stronger during difficult times in
Vietnam or in the global economy. This has been verified
once more during the COVID-19 crisis. Today, Vietnam’s
timely and evidence-based response has led to tremendous
success in containing the COVID-19 outbreak, with just over
300 positive cases and no deaths. The enviable success story
has been applauded across the globe, and the country’s
experience has been recently shared by Prime Minister Nguyen
Xuan Phuc at the 73rd World Health Assembly organized on May
18-19, 2020. Vietnam’s successful management of COVID-19 has
also been extended to the economy, so much that Vietnam is
now projected to be one of the few world’s fastest growing
countries in 2020. Since the beginning of the COVID-19
pandemic, the World Bank has shared a series of five policy
notes with Vietnamese policymakers. These just-in-time notes
have supported the Government in its efforts to monitor the
current crisis and helped it sequentially to formulate
policy responses from the health crisis management through
stimulating the recovery of the economy. These notes built
on expertise from around the globe, including Hanoi,
Washington, DC and beyond. The diagnostics and
recommendations stem from the deep dialogue that our experts
have fostered with government officials and other
stakeholders in Vietnam over the years. They also benefited
from expertise based on successes and lessons learned in
other countries.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. COVID-19 Policy Response Notes for Vietnam; COVID-19 Policy Response Notes for Vietnam. © World Bank, Hanoi. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33998 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”