The Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam will hold its mid-year meeting on June 9 for discussions between the Government and donor agencies on development policies.

The Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam, which includes bilateral and multilateral donors to the country, will hold its mid-year meeting on June 9 for discussions between the Government and donor agencies on development policies.

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PM Nguyen Tan Dung (right) and Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc at the CG Meeting 2009.

The meeting will be held in Rach Gia City, the Mekong province of Kien Giang, a World Bank statement said Tuesday. The 2009 mid-year meeting was held in Buon Ma Thuot on June 9, 2009 (file photo)

Topics include an assessment of the macroeconomic situation, and 2010 policy priorities, the National Socioeconomic Development Strategy 2011-2020 and the Socioeconomic Development Plan 2011-2015, and responses to climate change.

The other topics are the Socioeconomic Development Plan 2015-2015, with focus on economic restructuring, inclusive growth and human resource development, according to the World Bank statement.

As part of the CG process, the mid-year Vietnam Business Forum will be held in Hanoi on May 26 to discuss perceptions of the local investment climate, infrastructure, human resource development, plus administrative and tax reform.

The CG for Vietnam consists of representatives of the Vietnamese Government along with bilateral and multilateral donors. CG chairs include Mr. Vo Hong Phuc, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment, and Ms. Victoria Kwakwa, Country Director for the World Bank in Vietnam.

Last year’s CG Meeting was held in Hanoi in December, when donor countries and international development organizations committed over $8 billion in support of Vietnam’s poverty reduction and development agenda.

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