Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Tatiana Pugh Moreno has lauded Vietnam's national strategy on gender equality for the 2021-2030 period, which aims to create favourable conditions and opportunities for women to engage in and benefit from all aspects of life, contributing to promoting the country’s sustainable development.

Kim Jai-min, a retired teacher of Songdo High School in Incheon City (the Republic of Korea), has great affection for the Vietnamese country and people. He has used watercolors to redraw pictures he has taken during his travels to Vietnam over the past 30 years and organizes exhibitions to introduce people to the country he has "fallen in love with".

Activities to implement the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Friendship Year 2022 are gradually being implemented in Laos.

Vietnam’s economy is forecast to grow beyond expectation in 2022 as domestic demand rebounds and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows remains stable.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make a state visit to Singapore this week at the invitation of President Halimah Yacob, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on February 22.

Vietnamese products have become more and more visible in the market of Hong Kong (China) thanks to strong trade ties between the two sides, said Vu Thi Thuy, head of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Hong Kong.

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on February 21 thanked Vietnam for its strong support for as well as personnel contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.

The Vietnamese economy will recover strongly in 2022, starting at the end of the first quarter, said Tim Leelahaphan, Economist for Thailand and Vietnam at Standard Chartered, at a seminar held in Hanoi on February 18.

All major mobility indicators in Vietnam rose sharply ahead of the Tet celebration as vaccination coverage surpassed 73 percent of the population, according to the World Bank (WB).

The ancient town of Hoi An has been listed among the 10 most hospitable cities on Earth endorsed by global travelers, together with Matera in Italy and Bled in Slovenia, according Booking.com.

The famous Canadian travel magazine The Travel has just published a list of the 10 most suitable destinations for young people who love to travel and who work remotely (Digital Nomads). Vietnam is ranked 8th on the list.

In an article published on February 13, Sputnik said that Singapore's leading bank DBS had forecast Vietnam's GDP growth rate in 2022 at 8%.

Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam was ranked 9th out of the 21 most romantic destinations in the world on Valentine’s Day by the famous British magazine specializing in food, travel and culture - Time Out.

Vietnam and the US should enhance connectivity and work to ensure continuity of supply chains and prevent adverse impacts on the production sector, which has already been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, an official has said.

In an article entitled “Roar of a new Asian tiger”, Singapore’s daily Business Times recently shared that Vietnam’s economy is now booming, while the World Bank describes it as one of the most dynamic and emerging countries in the entire East Asian region.

The Travellers' Choice Awards 2021 by Tripadvisor, a world-famous website for travel reviews, has ranked Ho Chi Minh City’s street food adventure tours by motorbike among the 25 most outstanding tourist activities in the world suitable for food enthusiasts.

Hanoi has been named among the world’s Top 25 culinary destinations in 2022 as voted by Tripadvisor readers.

During the golden hour broadcast of the news bulletin on February 7 of the oldest and largest French TV channel, channel TF1, published a report to learn about the success of the "world cuisine" in France for more than 10 years and honored Vietnamese cuisine as one of the three cuisines most loved by the French people.

Emerging markets (EM) like Vietnam can provide potential growth opportunities for investors who do their due diligence, according to an article published by ETF Trends, a leading source in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) news of the US.

The Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards has ranked a motorbike ride from Hue to Hoi An as the 12th best tourist activity in the world, under the 'Travel Experience' category.

The international media in Asia congratulated the feat of the Vietnamese women's football team for the first time winning a ticket to the Women's World Cup finals, and praised the outstanding efforts of the players.

(CPV) – With 18 years of living and working in different Vietnamese localities, Ms Takashima Kyoko, a Japanese, who is working for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam in charge of whole health sector, has many memories and feelings attached to the places she has been to. For her, Vietnam is an "unforgettable memory".

The sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the foundation and the leading factor determining every victory of Vietnam’s revolution, international experts and scholars have affirmed.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has applauded Vietnam’s engagement and contributions to UN peacekeeping operations during a meeting with Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN on February 2.

As the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival – the biggest and longest festival of the Vietnamese people – is approaching, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie shared with the press about her feeling about Tet and the outcomes of cooperation between the two countries in the recent past as well as prospects of the relationship in the near future. The following is the full text of the interview.

Moriyuki Taniguchi and Prof. Dr. Nagato Natsume, who are Honorary Consuls of Vietnam in Mie and Nagoya cities, respectively, are optimistic about the Vietnam-Japan ties in 2022.

The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on January 29 held a webinar on Vietnam’s foreign policy on the occasion of the 92th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2022).

Vietnam is the only country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the ‘BB’ rating category to gain positive rating momentum in 2021 and this is a reflection of the country's economic strength and resilience.

International friends wore traditional Vietnamese long dress (ao dai), experienced traditional Vietnamese culture during Tet such as making sticky rice cakes (banh chung), composed parallel sentences, listened to southern folk songs, and enjoyed the Tet feast.

Aiming to achieve the net zero target by 2050, according to HSBC, Vietnam needs to significantly invest in renewable energy and green infrastructure.