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  "title": "Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar — Vietnam: Economic Outlook and Policy Priorities",
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  "summary": "The country successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic’s health and economic fallout in 2020, but a severe outbreak earlier this year led to a sharp economic downturn.",
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      "heading": "Seminar overview",
      "content": "- Event organized by the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP).\n- Topic: Vietnam — Economic Outlook and Policy Priorities.\n- Focus: overview of current economic developments, the outlook, and longer-term policy priorities for Vietnam.\n- Participation: About 90 people from across Asia participated in the virtual seminar.\n- Context provided: Vietnam was South East Asia’s fastest growing economy in the last decade, became an integral part of global supply chains, successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic’s health and economic fallout in 2020, and experienced a severe outbreak earlier this year that led to a sharp economic downturn."
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      "heading": "Speaker and expertise",
      "content": "- Speaker: Francois Painchaud, IMF Resident Representative for Lao PDR and Vietnam since June 2019.\n- Professional background:\n  - Previously IMF Resident Representative for Georgia.\n  - Joined the IMF in 2009.\n  - Worked on a range of advanced, emerging market, and low-income countries including Russia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Pakistan, Senegal, and Myanmar.\n  - Areas of work: debt sustainability, labor markets, fiscal frameworks and monetary policy in emerging markets.\n- Education: Holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the Université Laval in Quebec City."
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      "content": "- 15:00-15:05 — Introduction\n- 15:05-15:35 — Presentation on Vietnam’s economic outlook and policy priorities; Francois Painchaud, IMF Resident Representative for Lao PDR and Vietnam; Presentation\n- 15:35-15:50 — Q&A session\n- 15:50-15:55 — Closing & post-event survey"
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      "heading": "Contact for press inquiries",
      "content": "- Press Officer: Yuko Maeda\n- Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719\n- Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org"
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    "Context provided: Vietnam was South East Asia’s fastest growing economy in the last decade, became an integral part of global supply chains, successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic’s health and economic fallout in 2020, and experienced a severe outbreak earlier this year that led to a sharp economic downturn.",
    "Speaker: Francois Painchaud, IMF Resident Representative for Lao PDR and Vietnam since June 2019.",
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    "Education: Holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the Université Laval in Quebec City.",
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    "15:05-15:35 — Presentation on Vietnam’s economic outlook and policy priorities; Francois Painchaud, IMF Resident Representative for Lao PDR and Vietnam; Presentation",
    "15:35-15:50 — Q&A session",
    "15:50-15:55 — Closing & post-event survey",
    "Press Officer: Yuko Maeda",
    "Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719",
    "Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org",
    "**Presentation by Francois Paincahud, IMF Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar, November 24, 2021**"
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