Vietnam: A Remarkable Response with Limited Means

<p>“<em>The storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and stability</em>,” 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.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Vietnam_response-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf"> TRANSCRIPT</a></em></span></p> <p>You can read the <a href= "https://www.imf.org/en/News/country-focus">Country Focus</a> story at IMF</p>