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This report was written by Dorsati Madani (Senior Country Economist),
Dung Viet Do (Senior Country Officer),
Quyen Hoang Vu (Senior Governance Specialist),
and Thu-Ha Thi Nguyen (Research Analyst).
It benefited from inputs by
Chiara Odetta Rogate (Senior Energy Specialist),
Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen (Consultant),
Huong Thi Lan Tran (Senior Public Sector Specialist),
James Anderson (Lead Public Sector Specialist),
Katia D’Hulster (Lead Financial Sector Specialist),
Ketut Kusuma (Senior Financial Sector Specialist),
Phuong Anh Nguyen (Senior Public Sector Management Specialist),
Quang Hong Doan (Senior Economist),
Serdar Yilmaz (Practice Manager),
Trang Minh Ta (Consultant),
Tuan Minh Le (Lead Economist),
and Viet Quoc Trieu (Senior Financial Sector Specialist).
We are grateful to Anh Thi Quynh Le (External Affairs Officer),
and Ngan Hong Nguyen (Senior External Affairs Officer)
for the communication support.
Khanh Linh Thi Le (Program Assistant) provided support during the preparation of the report.
The team is grateful for the overall guidance of Andrea Coppola (Lead Economist and Program Leader),
Sebastian Eckardt (Practice Manager; Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment),Alma Kanani (Practice Manager; Governance),
and Carolyn Turk (Country Director for Vietnam).