The Vietnamese prime minister has authorized the State Bank of Vietnam to negotiate with the World Bank for soft loans for health projects in central Vietnam, the central bank said on its website Jan. 14. The central bank will send a team to Washington D.C. this month to negotiate the loans. However, the bank did not specify the exact figures for the projects. The team will include leaders of the bank’s Department of International Cooperation and representatives of the Office of the President, the Office of the Government, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
