Vietnam capable of achieving twin targets, says ADB country director

A moto-taxi rider waits for customers outside a closed restaurant in Hanoi. The ADB is confident that Vietnam has sufficient conditions to achieve the twin targets of curbing the Covid-19 pandemic and securing economic growth. - AFP

HANOI, June 12 (Bernama): Vietnam has sufficient conditions to achieve the twin targets of curbing the Covid-19 pandemic and securing economic growth in 2021, according to Vietnam News Agency quoting Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andrew Jeffries.

Talking to the news agency about the recovery capability of Vietnam’s economy amid the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, he expressed his optimism about the country’s economic outlook, given the positive economic statistics recorded in April and May.