Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Indonesia’s Antara News has recently published an article saying the support and active participation of APEC member economies as well as regional and international organisations in the freshly-concluded APEC Economic Leaders’ Week will be a lever for Vietnam to promote its “soft power.”

The Russian News RT has praised Vietnam’s Son Doong cave as “A lost world below the surface”, quoting a group of Russian travellers who explored one of the most spectacular caves in the world.

Many Chinese newspapers, news agencies, and social networks also posted about the visit to Vietnam by President Xi Jinping on their first pages.

The 25th Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Summit has wrapped up in Da Nang, pledging to create new dynamism and foster a shared future for the Asia Pacific region.

The UK’s Financial Times on November 8 published an article lauding preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week by Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang in particular.

US President Donald Trump praised Vietnam as one of the fastest-growing in the world in a keynote speech delivered at the APEC CEO Summit in the central city of Da Nang on November 10th.

(CPV) - This morning (November 10th), before beginning a busy day of meetings for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Da Nang, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, shared a banh my breakfast with Australian-Vietnamese celebrity chef Luke Nguyen at a local street vendor.

The Bangkok Post (Thailand) on October 31st run a publication to comment on Vietnam’s role as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Da Nang after the host 2006 in Hanoi.

(CPV) - From October 30th-November 11th, CNN will continue air ads in a bid to promote Hanoi city as a tourism and investment destination to around 420 million families across the globe.

The 2017 Global Destinations Cities Index produced by credit card company Mastercard said foreign arrivals in the city grew at 16.4 percent between 2009 and 2016, the fastest after Osaka, Chengdu, Colombo, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta and Tokyo.

A seminar titled “APEC 2017: Issues and Prospects after 2020” has been organized in Moscow, Russia.

The InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort has been honoured among the Top 10 resorts in Asia by the world prestigious travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler in its recent annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

Professor Yeah Kim Leng from Sunway University (Malaysia) appreciated Vietnam's role in the activities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and expressed high expectation for the results achieved at APEC 2017 as the host Vietnam.

(CPV) - Hanoi has appeared among the Top 10 fastest growing travel destination cities in the world, according to a survey of Global Destination Cities Index in 2017, recently released by Mastercard.

The Reverie Saigon Hotel has been honoured at fourth place on the list of the world's 50 best hotels by the prestigious world travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) was named as the bank with the strongest balance sheet in Vietnam by The Asian Banker, a finance and banking magazine.

Vietnam plays a crucial role in the Asian-Pacific region, Chairman of a foundation on Asian and European science and technology research, Grigory Trofimtruk has told Vietnam News Agency reporters in Russia.

Two Vietnamese businesswomen have won the APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target (BEST) Award recently presented in Thua Thien - Hue province.

Argentina hailed Da Nang’s hosting of APEC 2017 Summit Week in November and pledged to call upon Argentine enterprises to participate in economic workshops in the central coastal city to seek investment opportunities.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting and the role of the host Vietnam has attracted attention from the public in many countries, including Russia.

(CPV) - Viet Nam’s economy continues to perform well despite several setbacks, ADB said in a new flagship report launched on September 26th 2017. As a result of an 8% contraction in mining and oil output in the first half of the year, the Asian Development Outlook Update (ADOU) 2017 forecasts a downward revision in Viet Nam’s economic growth to 6.3% in 2017, and 6.5% in 2018.

Vietnam jumped five grades to rank sixth on the list of the top 55 software outsourcing countries in 2017, recently released by American global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

Vietnam has been voted one of the 20 most beautiful countries in the world by readers of Rough Guides, the renowned British travel site.

(CPV) - Higher value added activities and boosting linkages between domestic firms with foreign markets and investors can help Vietnam move up global value chains, says two new World Bank Group reports.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on September 2nd praised President Ho Chi Minh’s patriotism and nationalism to commemorate his 48th death anniversary (September 2nd, 1969).

(CPV) – “We have learned a lot from Vietnam. We have learned a lot in terms of what Vietnamese government is doing in the preparation of the food security week and I know the APEC Summit in 2018, PNG will learn a lot from the experiences here with Vietnam,” said Mr. Mawe Bacchi Gonapa, Coodinator of Menifo Project - Agri-business Program, the University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

The Romanian Craiova University Publishing House has publishing a book titled “Vietnam: Peace, Integration and Development” by Cristian Toma, Editor-in-chief of Monitor Oltenia Newspaper and member of the Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CRJI).

The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) latest report showed Vietnam is increasingly chosen by foreign tourists, being ranked sixth among the countries with the fastest-growing international arrivals in 2017.

(CPV) - The central coastal province of Quang Binh has been ranked fourth among the 10 most attractive destinations in Vietnam; just behind Hoi An, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, according to a list recently released by the world's largest travel network TripAdvisor.

(CPV) - “I think Vietnam sells USD600 - USD700 million worth of agricultural and food products that come to Australia, so obviously you have a high standard of agriculture and food production,” said Mr. Mathew Worrell, Assistant Secretary, Bilateral Engagement and International Cooperation Branch, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.