(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh welcomed an International Monetary Fund (IMF), delegation led by John Nelmes, on a working visit to Vietnam on Tuesday.

He praised the IMF’s assistance to Vietnam over the years, in particular, its consultancy advice related to, macroeconomics and finance which the Vietnamese Government has paid due attention to and will include in its study. He added that the IMF’s preferential loans have contributed to boosting Vietnam’s socio- economic development. He said that the Vietnamese Government will continue to persist with its efforts to curb inflation, stabilize the macro economy and boost economic restructuring. John Nelmes, in turn, said that Vietnam’s macro-economic development was developing well, demonstrated in significantly reduced inflation, a reasonable growth rate and increased foreign reserves. He also expressed his organization’s desire to further beef up cooperation in technical assistance and experience sharing with Vietnamese ministries and agencies in the future.