Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Many Asian media agencies have shown great admiration as Vietnam’s top-flight football league, the V.League, officially restarted on June 5 after an almost three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially regarding the fact that thousands of fans are being admitted into stadiums.

Reuters news agency has run an article featuring stadiums in Vietnam with thousands of fans on June 5, as the country resumed top-flight football matches without social distancing measures or curbs on crowd sizes.

Tan Dinh church in Ho Chi Minh City is among the ten most beautiful pink buildings to visit globally.

Reader's Digest Canadian version ranks Ha Long bay on a list of 10 destinations in Southeast Asia that visitors must see before dying.

New York Post has run an article by author Dana Kennedy praising Vietnam’s success in coping with COVID-19, as it has so far reported 328 cases and not a single death.

The Australia-based website Eastasiaforum.org on May 28th ran an article titled “Vietnam’s COVID-19 political gains” affirming that Vietnam has earned international accolades as one of the successful countries in Asia to contain the coronavirus.

Santo Akiko, President of the House of Councillors of Japan, on May 29th praised Vietnam’s impressive achievements in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 and highlighted the important role played by the Vietnamese National Assembly in the combat.

Vietnam is a potential and emerging market, with low risks, good economy and stable politics, Eto Shinji, General Manager of Japanese building product distributor JUTEC Corporation’s Overseas Business Department, has said.

British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh city Ian Gibbons has sent a letter of thanks to Ho Chi Minh City authorities and medical staff for their supporting to British nationals, especially the excellent treatment for British pilot, known as patient 91, over the past 12 weeks.

The daily newspaper The Globe and Mail, one of the most prestigious newspapers in Canada, on May 27th ran an article praising Vietnam for having no COVID-19 fatalities.

"There are meetings that people remember forever, deeply ingrained in the brains and in the hearts of the never-repeated marks."

The international Business Insider site in the US has listed the Duc Ba (Notre Dame) cathedral in Ho Chi Minh city one of the world’s 19 most beautiful cathedrals.

Germany’s DW newswire recently ran an article saying that Vietnam still aims for an economic growth of 5 percent this year despite global economic crisis and likely recession in some of its neighbouring countries.

Japan’s NHK television channel has lauded Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 with 324 infections and zero death.

Vietnam is the leading country among 30 countries and territories ranked by the prestigious US newspaper Politico on the capability of fighting COVID-19.

S&P Global Ratings has announced it has retained Vietnam’s sovereign credit rating at BB, with a stable outlook, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Brazilian Newspaper Brasilia in Foco on May 18th published an article "Vietnam celebrates the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, the hero of national liberation".

China’s SCMP has selected Cat Cat village in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as one of the 7 most beautiful villages to visit after COVID-19.

Over the past days, major Lao newspapers have continuously published many articles about the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh; about his close relationship with the Lao revolution; and about his great merits to the Vietnamese people as well as to the liberation movement of oppressed peoples around the world.

"The sun shines in Xiengvang village” is the name of the latest work on Uncle Ho that Lao national artist Douangmixay Likaya has just completed on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's 130th birthday.

The National Television Station of Venezuela screened a documentary film on the evening of May 18th named "Ho Chi Minh - Portrait of a human" directed by Bui Dinh Hac, on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s 130th birthday (May 19th).

Vietnam is now reaping strategic gains from its nimble response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tan Hui Yee, Indochina Bureau Chief in Bangkok, wrote in an article published in The Strait Times on May 18th.

A loaf of bread that is more than 1 meter long with a diameter of about 40 centimeters in Vietnam’s southern province of An Giang drew mention by foreign media with the excitement and impression of the favorite dish in Vietnam.

To westerners, Vietnamese people’s beloved Uncle Ho had been a mysterious character for many years. His life and career of struggling for Vietnam’s independence and his thoughts have inspired many foreign writers, journalists and scholars.

Visitors can follow the most outstanding image of the history and people of Vietnam, as well as the friendly and cooperative relations between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union and the current Russian Federation.

Having lived with his family and Uncle Ho in the Viet Bac base, Vinaythong Souphanouvong, the son of Prince Souphanouvon, the first State President of Laos, always exhibits respect and pride when talking about his family's closeness and affection for President Ho Chi Minh.

Many parties and friends in the world have sent messages of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee on the occasion of the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

Russian and Belarusian media have spoken highly of Vietnam’s measures to bring COVID-19 under control.

Park Chan Kyon, a journalist in the Republic of Korea who worked for French news agency AFP for 35 years, has expressed his admiration for late President Ho Chi Minh’s endless love for the Vietnamese people.

Visiting Vietnam’s Hoi An ancient city in March, Australian painter Anna Barnes created diverse works on the land and local residents.