Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

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.

Two local seaports have been named among the top 49 biggest & busiest container ports this year, as complied by World Shipping Council, a global organisation headquartered in Washington, Brussels, and Singapore.

Over the past 77 years, Vietnam, under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government, has grown in all spheres, bring progress, prosperity, and better prestige to the nation in the region and in the world, said a Cambodian official.

Speaking at the Vietnam-Japan Trade and Investment Forum in Tokyo (Japan), Mr. Shigetoshi Aoyama, Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), affirmed the trust of Japanese investors in Vietnam is still growing despite the negative impacts of COVID-19d-19 pandemic.

Despite moderation in July exports this year, Moody’s Analytics - a unit of Moody’s Corporation, has forecast Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2022 to reach 8.5% – the highest among its peers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Thrillist, a New York-based travel site, has named Lan Ha Bay near the northern coastal city of Hai Phong as the top Vietnamese destination in its list of the most beautiful places to visit in every Southeast Asian nation.

Standard Chartered has forecast that Vietnam’s GDP growth will reach 10.8% in the third quarter and 3.9% in the last quarter of 2022, contributing to annual expansion of 6.7%.

Uch Leang, Deputy Director of the Department of Asian, African, and Middle-East Studies under the International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) has lauded the resolve and efforts by the Vietnamese Party, State and people in the fight against corruption over the past nearly 10 years.

Da Nang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City are three representatives of Vietnam listed among the catergory of 10 best cities in Southeast Asia by the US’s famous travel magazine Travel+Leisure.

According to Italian media, Vietnam has not only achieved many achievements in hunger eradication, poverty reduction and social security assurance, but also contributed many initiatives to help handle global human rights issues.

On the recent days, major press agencies of Cambodia have run a lot of articles spreading a message about the good neighbourliness, time-honoured friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability between the country and Vietnam, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties (June 24).

(CPV) – Nearly one month has passed since the closing ceremony of the 31st SEA Games, and international friends continue to appreciate Vietnam's organization of SEA Games, expressing their affection for Vietnam's determination in gaining high sports achievements, its people’s hospitality and as well as their good impression on the image of Vietnamese people and culture.

The US Department of the Treasury has recognised the progress made by Vietnam in its recently released report on macro-economic and foreign exchange policies of major trading partners of the US, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said on June 13.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached approximately USD368 billion in 2021, making it the fifth-largest economy in Southeast Asia and 41st in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook has revealed.

According to the Container Port Performance Index 2021 report (CPPI 2021) developed and published recently by World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, Cai Mep port of Vietnam was ranked 11th among the 370 most efficient container terminals/port clusters globally.