Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

In an article entitled “Roar of a new Asian tiger”, Singapore’s daily Business Times recently shared that Vietnam’s economy is now booming, while the World Bank describes it as one of the most dynamic and emerging countries in the entire East Asian region.

The Travellers' Choice Awards 2021 by Tripadvisor, a world-famous website for travel reviews, has ranked Ho Chi Minh City’s street food adventure tours by motorbike among the 25 most outstanding tourist activities in the world suitable for food enthusiasts.

Hanoi has been named among the world’s Top 25 culinary destinations in 2022 as voted by Tripadvisor readers.

During the golden hour broadcast of the news bulletin on February 7 of the oldest and largest French TV channel, channel TF1, published a report to learn about the success of the "world cuisine" in France for more than 10 years and honored Vietnamese cuisine as one of the three cuisines most loved by the French people.

Emerging markets (EM) like Vietnam can provide potential growth opportunities for investors who do their due diligence, according to an article published by ETF Trends, a leading source in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) news of the US.

The Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards has ranked a motorbike ride from Hue to Hoi An as the 12th best tourist activity in the world, under the 'Travel Experience' category.

The international media in Asia congratulated the feat of the Vietnamese women's football team for the first time winning a ticket to the Women's World Cup finals, and praised the outstanding efforts of the players.

(CPV) – With 18 years of living and working in different Vietnamese localities, Ms Takashima Kyoko, a Japanese, who is working for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam in charge of whole health sector, has many memories and feelings attached to the places she has been to. For her, Vietnam is an "unforgettable memory".

The sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the foundation and the leading factor determining every victory of Vietnam’s revolution, international experts and scholars have affirmed.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has applauded Vietnam’s engagement and contributions to UN peacekeeping operations during a meeting with Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN on February 2.

As the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival – the biggest and longest festival of the Vietnamese people – is approaching, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie shared with the press about her feeling about Tet and the outcomes of cooperation between the two countries in the recent past as well as prospects of the relationship in the near future. The following is the full text of the interview.

Moriyuki Taniguchi and Prof. Dr. Nagato Natsume, who are Honorary Consuls of Vietnam in Mie and Nagoya cities, respectively, are optimistic about the Vietnam-Japan ties in 2022.

The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on January 29 held a webinar on Vietnam’s foreign policy on the occasion of the 92th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2022).

Vietnam is the only country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the ‘BB’ rating category to gain positive rating momentum in 2021 and this is a reflection of the country's economic strength and resilience.

International friends wore traditional Vietnamese long dress (ao dai), experienced traditional Vietnamese culture during Tet such as making sticky rice cakes (banh chung), composed parallel sentences, listened to southern folk songs, and enjoyed the Tet feast.

Aiming to achieve the net zero target by 2050, according to HSBC, Vietnam needs to significantly invest in renewable energy and green infrastructure.

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi ranked fourth on the list of 10 hotels serving the best breakfasts in the Asia-Oceania region, and 11th globally, based on Tripadvisor reviews.

In Canada, Tet is an occasion to honour the immeasurable contributions by the Vietnamese-Canadian community, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his greetings to Vietnamese expats living in Canada during a get-together on January 22.

A programme to promote Vietnam’s Tet culture and cuisine kicked off at Carrefour Ormesson hypermarket in Ormesson city of France on January 20.

A number of foreign financial institutions have made relatively positive predictions for the Vietnamese economy in 2022, with an expected growth rate of 6.5 to 6.7%, reported the US website Fiber2Fashion.

The AFP news agency has posted a video about the production of incense in the traditional incense village in Ung Hoa District, Hanoi, as the Lunar New Year approaches.

Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Ashca spoke highly of Vietnam’s successful response to COVID-19 during a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, saying he is impressed to see the significant growth in the trade volume between the two countries over the last two years despite the COVID-19 challenges.

The World Bank (WB) has forecast that Vietnam’s economic recovery is likely to accelerate in 2022 as GDP growth is expected to rise to 5.5 percent from 2.6 percent in the year just ended.

The reputable booking website Booking.com has just announced a series of locations in 2022 based on votes of Vietnamese tourists over the past time.

The Red River Delta is listed among 52 destinations selected by the US newspaper and evaluated as different.

India is the first country, which has an avenue named after Ho Chi Minh and erects a bronze statue of Uncle Ho. This not only shows the respect that the Indian people have for the national liberation hero of Vietnam, but also shows that "Ho Chi Minh" is a familiar and close name.

In my heart and mind, the love of Vietnam is no different from the love of the Republic of Korea (RoK). It is because I love Vietnam that I vow to forever be the one to introduce Vietnamese culture to RoK, to contribute to strengthening the relationship between the two countries.

As many as 45.4 percent of businesses in a recent survey conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO) forecast that their production will increase in the first quarter of 2022 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.

With a vibrant economic climate, Vietnam remains a strong candidate for investment from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and beyond, according to the Vietnam Briefing newswire.

Foreign investors maintain an optimistic outlook for Vietnam’s economic growth next year though the country suffered a challenging 2021 as it was hit hard by the pandemic, according to an article posted on the website Vietnam Briefing of Dezan Shira & Associates.