Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

President of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association Milos Kusy has affirmed that Vietnam's election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term 2023-2025 is an important international achievement for Vietnam, and expressed his belief that Vietnam will gain more and more trust and confidence from the international community.

Australia’s tourism newswire Escape has recently published an article hailing Vietnam as an ideal budget destination for Australian tourists.

In the past few days, Cambodian media agencies have reported quite a lot of news, articles and photos about the visit to Cambodia on October 17-19 by the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Secretariat Vo Van Thuong.

The famous travel website The Travel (Canada) has just announced a list of the top 10 countries with the world’s most attractive cuisine.

The role and position of Vietnam in the world politics and economy was highlighted in an article published by Russia’s Independent newspaper on October 17.

On the occasion of the State visit of Singaporean President Halimah Yacob to Vietnam on October 16-20, the Singapore press has reported and positively assessed the visit.

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Vietnam as one of 14 members of the Human Rights Council for the term 2023-2025. Former Secretary General of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association Jean-Pierre Archambault and French historian Alain Ruscio both said that this result affirms Vietnam's increasing prestige and efforts to protect and ensure human rights.

The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route has ranked fourth among the busiest domestic air routes in the world in 2022, according to Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang.

Appreciating Vietnam's election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure, Prof. Guyuanyang from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said that this is the second time Vietnam has taken on this responsibility, showing the confidence of the international community in the role and position of Vietnam after many years of actively integrating deeply with the world.

Japan's Nikkei media corporation has just announced the COVID-19 recovery index for October 2022, according to which Vietnam ranks eighth out of 121 countries/territories in the world with 75 points.

Vietnam is one of the most successful economies globally, made evident by the strong recovery of its textile-garment, electronics, fisheries and agriculture sectors post-COVID-19, according to Baron de Grand Ry, Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Belgium.

Grigory Trofimchuk, Chairman of the Council of Experts of the Eurasian Research Fund, has lauded Vietnam’s achievements in national development and ensuring of human rights in 35 years of Doi Moi (Reform).

With an overall score of 89.77 out of 100, "Pearl Island" Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang, has been voted as the sixth out of 10 most favourite resort islands in Asia in the Readers’ Choice Award 2022 of the US-based tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler).

The Financial Times (UK) has just published an article by author Ruchir Sharma with the content of appreciating economic performance results that 7 countries, including Vietnam, have achieved in the context of the world facing many difficulties with bleak outlook.

The German travel news site reisereporter.de has listed Vietnam among the ten most charming destinations for German holiday-makers to explore and escape the upcoming winter in Europe.

French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery on September 19 awarded the French State’s National Order of the Legion of Honour to Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Hue for her particularly important contributions to the development of Vietnam-France relations during the past time.

(CPV) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its favorable economic outlook for Viet Nam as it forecasts gross domestic product to expand 6.5% in 2022 and 6.7% in 2023, based on the update of its flagship economic report released in Ha Noi on September 21st 2022.

Hanoi has just been honored as "Asia's Leading City Break Destination" by the World Travel Awards, showing the attractiveness and charm of the capital. For many foreigners, Hanoi has long been a place worth living, a place for them to meet their love and give their lives. Yoon Kyu Hee, a young Korean businessman is such a person.

Vietnam has great potential to become a gateway for Russia to access all other ASEAN member states, said Evgeny E. Vlasov, Acting Vice President for International Relations, at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) where the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) took place.

Cambodia’s Khmer Times has published an article entitled “Southern temples in Vietnam offer free Khmer language classes” in Dai An commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh province.

For the first time, Vietnam's ST25 rice was put into processing dishes on the menu of the Japanese Cabinet Office.

Many Korean enterprises want to learn about investment in Hanoi and look for support from the authorities, said Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to (RoK) Vietnam Park Noh Wan at his meeting with Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh on September 6.

On the occasion of the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, Lao students at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) shared their feelings of friendship, striving to follow in the footsteps of their previous generations to cultivate and develop the special relationship between the two countries.

On September 5, many major Lao newspapers published articles related to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Laos (September 5, 1962 - September 5, 2022).

United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Singh Gill highly appreciated Vietnam's achievements in information technology development and digital transformation in recent years, especially the Government's implementation of the National Digital Transformation Strategy to 2025, with a vision to 2030 with three main pillars of digital government, digital economy and digital society.

Canadian writer Matthew Pike of Culture Trip has published an article sharing his experience of discovering delicious street food in Vietnam.

International organisations and foreign experts have hailed Vietnam as a success story about economic development, social welfare and human rights guarantee.

One of the key factors behind the ultimate victory of the Vietnamese revolution in 1975 was the widespread and strong support shown by international friends, including John Graham, a seafarer living in Australia.

Canadian writer Matthew Pike of Culture Trip has published an article sharing his experience of discovering delicious street food in Vietnam.

The Philippine newswire the Inquirer has recently published an article highlighting Vietnam as an economic dynamo which offers three helpful lessons for regional peers.