Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a week-long trip to Vietnam from February 28th, their first visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Ho Chi Minh city has been listed among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations on earth in 2017 by Airport transfer website Hoppa.

Forbes magazine has listed Northern Vietnam as the best budget travel destination for 2017.

The local media in Laos on February 10th gave much space to highlight the success of the 39th meeting of the Laos-Vietnam Inter-Governmental Committee, saying that it will lay firm foundation for both countries to lift up their ties to a new height.

The famous travel site CnTraveler has listed Ho Chi Minh city among the 50 most beautiful cities in the world.

(CPV) – “Vietnam’s economy performed well in 2016, with real growth estimated at 6.2 percent, even in the face of domestic shocks to agriculture and relatively weak external demand for some key export markets. This was one of strongest growth performances globally,” said Mr. Jonathan Dunn, IMF Resident Representative in Vietnam, in an interview with the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

(CPV) – “During the past year, our countries enjoy growing and positive relations in many areas, from political, trade to education, development and people-to-people linkages,” Ms. Ping Kitnikone, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam, talked to the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

Singer Son Tung M-TP is the sole Vietnamese representative in the I-Magazine Fashion Face Award for Asian Male 2016.

Two well-known landscapes of Vietnam, Son Doong cave and Ban Gioc waterfalls, have been listed among the seven stunning natural wonders in Asia by National Geographic.

The parliament of Belgium’s Wallonia region held the third hearing on the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on January 19th.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city and Hanoi have been named among the top 10 fastest changing cities around the world, according to the survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made headlines in Japan on January 17th.

The Cable News Network (CNN) has named Hanoi’s Quang Ba flower market in Vietnam among the 15 best places to celebrate Lunar New Year (Tet).

An exchange program for international and Vietnamese students was first organized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam National Union of Students on the occasion the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) in Hanoi on January 15th.

The prestigious travel guide book Lonely Planet has revealed its best places to go for every month of the year.

Four Seasons Resort the Nam Hai in Hoi An, Vietnam, has been named among Asia’s most exciting 2017 hotel openings by CNN.

Vietnam’s Con Dao Island has been listed as one of the 13 best secret islands around the world, according to Business Insider.

The Discovery Channel has named Vietnam among the Top 10 destinations to visit in 2017 for its scenery and attractive cuisine.

The US magazine Forbes has listed northern Vietnam as the cheapest place to visit in 2017.

The travel guide and information website Roughguides has released a list of the 10 best places to travel as student, in which Vietnam was suggested as an attractive spot for foodie adventure.

The travel guide and information website Roughguides has listed Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay among 10 of the best UNESCO sites in Asia.

The world famous travel site TripAdvisor has listed two Vietnamese famous landscapes, Da Lat and Sapa, among the Top 10 Destinations on the Rise in Asia in 2017.

Forbes magazine has listed Vietnam among the 30 cheapest places to travel in 2017.

Vietnam has become a big tourist attraction for United States citizens, with over 330,000 visitors in 2015, an increase of 33 percent year-on-year.

A conference on trade and investment promotion in Vietnam was co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Czech Management Association in Prague on November 23rd.

Greece's Ambassador to Vietnam, Nicolas D. Kanellos, will introduce an exhibition titled “Hanoi” at Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre from November 24th.

(CPV) - The central coastal city of Da Nang has been listed among the Top 10 holiday destinations in Asia by readers of the online magazine Smart Travel Asia.

The Egyptian Nile TV Channel has featured Vietnam’s world heritage sites and cultural celebrities recognised by UNESCO with 30- minutes of live coverage on November 19th.

Vietnam has made effort in protecting wildlife and its intensified law enforcement against traffickers is likely to make the country a role model in the field, said UK Prince William.

US photographer Larry D’ Attilito will introduce his book titled “The Soul of Vietnam”, a beautiful, poignant, humorous and delightful capturing of the life of the Vietnamese, at an event on November 20th in Ly Quoc Su street, Hanoi.