Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Russia’s Sputnik news agency has named Vietnam’s Thong Nhat (Reunification) Express, also called the North-South railway route, among the most beautiful of its kind in the world.

An image of Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam with symbols of Chua Cau (Bridge pagoda) and colorful lanterns was featured on Google’s homepage on July 16th.

Vietnam’s ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was named the world’s best city of 2019 by Travel and Leisure magazine.

Special relations between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties, States and people have laid a foundation for the existence and development of the revolutions in each nation, said a Lao leader.

(CPV) - The world famous magazine Travel and Leisure has named Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam as the best city in the world, surpassing Tokyo (Japan).

(CPV) – The book “The People make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement” introduces reflections and analysis of nine US activists who came to Vietnam during the war.

Lonely Planet has ranked the central region of Vietnam sixth out of the top 10 must-visit destinations in Asia Pacific this year.

Vietnam’s booming economy will see another surge of new investment after signing a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) that could hasten the exodus of manufacturers from China, according to analysts.

The EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has a positive impact on Vietnam's real estate market, especially the industrial real estate, said experts from Savills Vietnam.

After Vietnam signed a bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), many Japanese enterprises expressed their optimism about business opportunities that the deal could bring to the Southeast Asian market.

Czech experts have shared their views that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will bring about great opportunities for Vietnam and the Czech Republic to expand their economic and trade ties.

Vietnam was the only Asian country listed among the top nine destinations in the world with the most beautiful and must-see landscapes by Ride Apart, a website site for motorcycle enthusiasts.

The Vietnamese economy will become a “tiger” of Asia in the next 10 – 20 years, Israeli professor Avishay Braverman said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi on June 28th.

Hoi An that set on the banks of the Thu Bon river in central Vietnam was described by the American television channel CNN as one of the most beautiful towns in the Southeast Asia.

The prolonging trade war between the US and China makes it easier for Vietnam to continue its upward trajectory toward becoming a developed economy, Bennett Murray recently wrote on the ‘Foreign Policy’ paper.

The Vietnamese army was instrumental in defeating the Khmer Rouge regime, changing history in Cambodia, according to Executive Director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia Youk Chhang.

The overthrow of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia by the Vietnamese volunteer troops was an act of saving the humanity, and a great contribution to the international community, said a Japanese expert.

The international press has highlighted Vietnam’s fresh election to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 with a record high number of 192 votes out of the 193 UN member countries and territories.

Many foreign diplomats have expressed their belief that Vietnam will be able to fulfil its responsibility well if it is elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021.

On the threshold of the election of five countries as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council slated for June 7th, a Japanese high-ranking diplomat has expressed his belief that Vietnam will have a high chance to win the election.

Senegal Ambassador and Head of delegation to the United Nations Cheikh Niang has emphasized Vietnam’s contributions to the common work of the international community, as well as African countries’ expectation for Vietnam.

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani has spoken highly of Vietnam’s preparation to run for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC).

If Vietnam’s economy grows by 6.5 percent each year over the next 10 years, it will exceed Singapore in size by 2029, according to the Nikkei Asia Review’s quoting of a DBS Bank report.

Vietnam was one of the fastest-growing import sources of the US in Asia in the first quarter of 2019, according to Bloomberg.

Cuba wishes that businesses from Vietnam and the northern province of Ninh Binh in particular will invest in the Caribbean country, Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera said on May 24th.

The news website Yahoo News has run a story from The Motley Fool, which provides leading insight and analysis about stocks to help investors stay informed, commenting that Vietnam is an economic star in the Southeast Asian region.

Vietnam is among top three ASEAN countries attracting Private Equity (PE) investment in term of deal value, according to a report just released by the auditing and business consulting firm Grant Thornton.

Cuba welcomes and stands ready to support Vietnamese businesses and investors so as to multiply successful projects of the two countries, President of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce Orlando Hernandez has said.

Two waterfalls in Vietnam were recently named in the list of the world’s 14 most charming waterfalls by US Microsoft’s news website MSN.

The beach resort of Quy Nhon in the south central province of Binh Dinh was featured in an article published on the Bangkok Post, a major English-language newspaper in Thailand, on May 9th.