Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

On August 5, many foreigners living in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, were vaccinated against COVID-19. According to the plan, District 7 will pilot 4 vaccination locations for 18,000 foreigners living and working in the area.

Dr. Kidong Park, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Vietnam, highly appreciated that Vietnam has urgently set up ICUs in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces to treat severe and critical COVID-19 patients, in order to reduce mortality.

The great friendship, special relationship and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam are a rare and valuable model in international relations, the driving force and one of the factors determining every victory in the revolutionary cause of each country, according to PathetLao Daily, a publication of the Laos News Agency (KPL).

Vietnam and India are emerging as economic powers in the region that will make a difference in the post-pandemic times, The Economic Times cited Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma as saying.

Vietnam’s real estate market recommenced its record run, with the industrial sector viewed as the star of the industry thanks to the country's success in combating COVID-19, said a story by Philip Heller published on Forbes earlier this week.

The German newspaper Jungewelt (Young World) has just published an article about Hanoi capital starting to deploy mass vaccination for people in an effort to quickly repel the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 27, major Lao newspapers published a number of articles about the Laos-Vietnam alliance in struggle, about the history of struggling against common enemies; of mutual support for the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Indian scholar Prof. G. Jayachandra Reddy highly spoke of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s writing on Vietnam’s socialism and path towards socialism, calling it an “inspiring piece of article at the appropriate time.”

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén has praised the solidarity and valuable support of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government and people to Cuba during hard times.

The World Investment Report 2021 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that, in 2020, Vietnam entered the top 20 countries attracting the most FDI capital for the first time, reported Sputnik on July 15.

The Pathet Lao newspaper of the Lao News Agency (KPL) on July 16 run a front-page article on the long-lasting friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

UK-based publisher of world-renowned travel books and magazines Rough Guides has published an article recommending outstanding Vietnamese dishes besides the already renown pho and banh mi.

Vietnam’s economy is expected to grow by between 6-6.5 percent over the next decade, and at this pace, it will surpass Singapore by 2030, DBS Bank experts have said.

Hungarian President János Áder congratulated Vietnam on impressive achievements in socio-economic development and international integration that the country has gained in recent years during a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Thao, who presented her credentials to the host leader on July 9.

The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) on July 1 honoured the Binh Duong smart region as the top 7 intelligent community of this year.

Vietnam rose to 25th place out of 194 countries and territories in the Global CyberSecurity Index, ranking 7th in the Asia-Pacific region. Compared to the last assessment period published in 2019, Vietnam increased by 25 places, surpassing Thailand to rank 4th out of 11 ASEAN member countries, according to results announced by the International Telecommunication Union.

On June 30, major Lao newspapers simultaneously published news and articles about the official friendship visit to Vietnam by Thongloun Sisoulith, Lao Party General Secretary and State President, his wife and the high-ranking Lao delegation.

(CPV) - Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked 8th among the list of 10 lowest-cost tourist destinations in the world.

The Lao press on June 28 published several news articles about the official friendship visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith.

The PathetLao newspaper of the Lao news agency KPL on June 24 frontpaged an article on the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

The writing titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam” by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong is an extremely important piece, not just for Vietnam and the CPV, but also for communists around the world.

The launching ceremony of the book "Vietnam Miracle" by Bulgarian journalist Kadrinka Kadrinova was organized at the headquarters of the Bulgarian Press Union on June 17.

Vietnam’s stock market has recently set a record with 1 billion USD in daily transactions, making it the second most liquid market in Southeast Asia, according to the British site Proactive.

Vietnam needs to pay special attention to promoting development of industrial production and retail as both sectors may continue to be affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, according to the World Bank (WB).

Defeating Malaysia 2-1 in a match early on June 12, the Vietnamese football team continue to receive applause from Asian media for maintaining their impressive unbeaten streak in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The COVID-19 vaccine fund launched on May 31 and officially debuted on June 5 aimed to mobilize social contributions to share with the State budget, serving activities of purchasing and importing vaccines and researching and producing domestic vaccines.

Standard Chartered announced on June 1 its forecast that Vietnam’s GDP growth would be 6.7 percent this year and 7.3 percent in 2022.

Russian expert on international affairs Grigory Trofimchuk affirmed that Vietnam has been and will be a reliable and faithful partner of the Russian Federation, and this has been proven over time, being a factor for the two countries to make plans for the future.

Pasaxon newspaper, the organ of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, on June 1 published an article entitled "Vietnam will enter a new stage of development".

Sergey Levchenko, First Secretary of the Irkutsk regional division of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) and former Governor of Irkutsk term 2015-2019, has expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s achievements in the COVID-19 fight.