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Vietnam: A Remarkable Response with Limited Means

ERA DABLA-NORRIS

June 28, 2020

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In This Episode

The storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and stability,” said Ho Chi Minh, the Father of the Vietnamese Nation. And it turns out Vietnam has shown its strength in weathering the COVID-19 storm. Era Dabla-Norris and Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf are both economists in the IMF's Asia Pacific Department, and in this podcast, they say Vietnam's approach should allow for a quicker rebound.  

Transcript

You can read the Country Focus story at IMF.org

ERA DABLA-NORRIS, assistant director, IMF Asia and Pacific Department.

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