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Vietnam's economy has shown a remarkable resilience to external shocks in 2020. While the medium-term outlook is broadly favorable, the economy faces significant risks due to adverse impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks, further weakening of external demand, and incomplete structural reforms. However, as the export surplus remains, Vietnam is still among a few countries with positive GDP growth in 2020.
Join EuroCham at the very first Business Briefing of 2021 with our special guest speakers to gain an insight on:
- What is economic prospect for Viet Nam in 2021? Will the 13th Party Assembly create a new momentum for economic growth in Vietnam?
- What are expected key features of the financial and banking sector in 2021? With current low interest rates now, what's are the objectives of the government behind this?
- Is low interest rate a consequences of standstill and no actions by different economic players or an administrative measure by the invisible hands? How long will this low interest scenario last, till the end of COVID or just one year?
Speakers
Carolyn Turk
Country Director of World Bank
Ms. Carolyn Turk has held various positions including Senior Poverty Specialist based in Vietnam, Senior Social Development Specialist and Lead Social Development Specialist in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region, and Country Manager for Rwanda. Her most recent assignment was the Country Director for Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Eritrea.
Before joining the World Bank, Turk worked with the UK Department for International Development. She holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Economics from the University of Cambridge UK and has authored numerous publications on poverty and inequality, including a book based on research into gender inequality in 20 countries.
Van Luc Can
Chief Economist at BIDV
Dr. Can Van Luc is currently Chief Economist of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) cum President of BIDV Training and Research Institute. He is a Member of the Bank Board’s Risk Management Committee and Organizational & Strategy Committee. He is also a Member of the National Fiscal and Monetary Policy Advisory Council and a Member of the Vietnam National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (VNCPEC).
Before his return to Vietnam in early 2009, he was a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Humphrey Fellow (under a Fulbright exchange program) in the US during 2007-2009. In 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 2003, Dr. Luc was the only Vietnamese to have received the prestigious Australia-Asia Award for his doctorate program.
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