Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

The news website Rusvesna (Russia Spring) on April 19th published an article entitled “Vietnam’s miracle - how a brave nation defeats terrible pandemic", which affirmed that Vietnam was one of the world's most successful examples in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Public Radio (NPR) of the United States has quoted experts who believe that experience in dealing with prior pandemics, early implementation of social distancing, and firm action from political leaders have all contributed to Vietnam having so few novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases with no deaths.

The music video “Viet Nam oi! Danh Bay COVID” (Let’s Fight COVID!) from artist and entrepreneur Minh Beta has made headlines in foreign newspapers.

The Deutsche Welle (DW) newswire on April 17th ran a story praising Vietnam’s successes in fighting COVID-19 with all of its power while the global economy is facing depression due to the pandemic.

Returning home after being cured from COVID-19 in Vietnam, a British couple wrote a letter expressing their deep thanks to those who had cared for and treated them, showing their amazement with Vietnam’s success in coping with the COVID-19 crisis.

Professor Carl Thayer from Australia’s University of New South Wales Canberra has spoken highly of Vietnamese people’s support for measures taken by the Government to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The Asialyst, a French online newspaper specializing in news from Asia, posted an article recently that highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Rice ATMs” which have been set up around Vietnam to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic have been featured by international news broadcasters over the last few days.

Vietnam has been doing a good job of preventing and fighting COVID-19 with consensus and determination from the central to local levels. Hungarian, Australian and British newspapers have recently ran articles praising Vietnam’s success in controlling the global pandemic.

Over the past days, many progressive political Parties in Latin America have continuously delivered messages of appreciation for Vietnam's efforts in fighting COVID-19.

The "rice ATM" initiative by Vietnamese entrepreneurs, which provides rice to poor people during COVID-19, has been reported by international media such as Reuters and CNN, with many positive comments. Other news agencies around the world quoted Reuters and CNN's articles on Vietnam's "rice ATM".

Vietnam has demonstrated its strong leadership in spearheading a collective regional response to COVID-19, said Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dato Lim Jock Hoi.

Mayor of Leipzig city Burkhard Jung thanked the Vietnamese partners for their support in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, on the occasion of St. Georg hospital in Leipzig city having just received a gift from 175 Military Hospital.

Despite its limited resources, Vietnam has actively implemented effective COVID-19 prevention measures.

Many swimming pools in Vietnam have been listed among the most beautiful pools of the world for unique locations or sceneries by Condé Nast Traveller and Forbes.

An article on Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic published on the web page dhakatribune.com of Bangladesh said that Vietnam could offer valuable lessons on how to curb the disease’s spread amid a poor healthcare system and low budget funds.

Son Doong cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been named among 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders by British newspaper The Guardian.

British newspaper The Guardian on April 9th posted an article showing admiration and appraisal for artists drawing propaganda posters against COVID-19 in Vietnam.

Senator Tom Cotton, a senator of the Republican Party in Arkansas State, shared the tweet of US President Donald Trump and thanked the Vietnamese people for their support of medical equipment in dealing with COVID-19.

Vietnam's measures against COVID-19 have been applauded by the international media as prompt, drastic and supported by people nationwide.

German and European media have reported high appreciation for Vietnam's donation of face masks to European countries to help them fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Diplomat, a newspaper based in the US, recently published an article which heaps praise of the donation of 550,000 face masks by Vietnam to five European countries in order to support their fight against the (COVID-19) pandemic.

With positive messages and contributing to support the community amid the COVID-19 epidemic, the unique dishes of Vietnamese people are supported by the international media.

Vietnamese businesspersons appearing on the list of world billionaires in 2020 are President of Vingroup Group, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong; General Director of Vietjet Airlines, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao; President of Thaco Group, Mr. Tran Ba Duong and President of Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank), Mr. Ho Hung Anh.

(CPV) - 72 percent of German companies in Vietnam intend to keep investing in Vietnam and 27 percent assume an increase in employment. This is the result of AHK World Business Outlook Survey on measuring the business confidence and the impact of coronavirus on German companies worldwide and in Vietnam.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has praised the Vietnamese community based in the Central European country for their efforts in uniting with local people to cope with the ongoing (COVID-19) pandemic, Vietnamese Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan said in a recent interview with a VOV correspondent in the Czech Republic.

Indonesian newspapers and televisions have recently run news on Vietnam’s effective fight against COVID-19 in which they analyzed the Vietnamese Government’s steps in preventing the spread of the global epidemic, saying that Indonesia needs to learn from Vietnam in the prevention.

The Al-Arabiya Arabic website based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Moroccan website Hespress recently published articles appreciating Vietnam's efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) through effective control policies.

(CPV) - Viet Nam’s economic growth rate is expected to slow sharply in 2020, to 4.8%, from the initial supply shock to economic activity from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the subsequent and ongoing drop in demand from Viet Nam’s principal trade and investment partners, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 3rd 2020.

Two Irish tourists have written a letter expressing their gratitude to Vietnamese authorities in the central province of Nghe An and promised to return to Vietnam, after having spent 14 days in isolation to prevent COVID-19 in Vietnam as regulated.