Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Affirming the valuable attention and assistance of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and its member organizations for international friends in the fight against COVID-19 is a great source of encouragement, foreigners have sent their sincere and profound gratitude to Vietnam.

The UK's Daily Mail newspaper has published an article hailing Vietnam as one of the world’s economic success stories.

Amid a protracted COVID-19 outbreak, socio-economic data in October showed the contraction has bottommed out and Vietnam's economy has made positive changes, the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam said in its Vietnam macroeconomic update for November released on November 12.

From 2017 until now, on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, representatives of the Vietnamese community, officials and employees of the Vietnamese Embassy in Slovakia have come to Horne Saliby town, Galanta district, Slovakia’s Trnava province, to offer flowers to commemorate Uncle Ho.

Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, with the advantages of strategic location, young and technologically-savvy workforce, an active approach to foreign investment and having signed many free trade agreements, remain an attractive destination for US investors.

Leaders of European business are more optimistic about Vietnam’s business environment after the social distancing period ends and the “new normal” of trade and investment starts, according to a statement recently released by the European Business Association (EuroCham) in Vietnam.

(CPV) - German businesses are confident about their own business development in Vietnam and show fewer positive expectations on economic growth than they did earlier this year.

Former French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noël Poirier has highlighted the significance of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s freshly-ended visit to France, saying that it attracted French businesses’ special interest.

The Cuban Government and relevant ministries and branches will work to remove difficulties and obstacles in order to create the most favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to increase investment and carry out projects in the country, a Cuban official has said.

The love for Uncle Ho and the Vietnamese country was passed on by a Russian, Mr. Evgeny Glazunov, to his daughter Svetlana Glazunova, a teacher of Vietnamese in Moscow.

Vietnam is increasingly asserting its position in the international arena, following the direction of multilateralization and diversification, according to the online newspaper "Triloguenews".

Italy’s Marx21 website on November 2 ran an article by Giulio Chinappi, saying Vietnam plays a central role at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits.

Le Figaro, the oldest daily newspaper in France, ranked Vietnam as the first spot in the list of the world’s top destinations in winter.

Vietnam is still seen as an attractive destination and the problems of 2021 do not mean that foreign investors will turn away, according to a recent report by Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA).

Political parties have lauded Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s message of international solidarity sent to the annual international workshop entitled “Political parties and a new society” held recently in Mexico.

Three Vietnamese seaports have been named among the top 50 of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.

Can Tho city is one of 10 cities in the 10 ASEAN member countries honored to be awarded the 5th ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City Award in a virtual-direct ceremony which took place in Indonesia on October 21 (local time).

HSBC research shows that 83% of foreigners in Vietnam feel optimistic about life in the country in the next 12 months.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2021 will be about 3.8%, higher than that of Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Senior expert Veeramalla Anjaiah from the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) in Indonesia has expressed his appreciation for Vietnam’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

FPT UK Managing Director Mohan Naidu has said Vietnam is quickly becoming a hub of technology expertise, and the digitally-enabled future for Vietnam is just beginning.

Given the COVID-19 epidemic, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which entered into force in August 2020, has helped to boost two-way trade and buffer the impact of the economic downturn, according to an article posted on October 13 by The Business Times of Singapore.

Vietnam climbed two places from last year to rank 47th out of 168 countries and territories in the Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IDP) 2021, according to the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

In conversations about Vietnam, Ms. Marta Rojas always mentioned her deepest memory during 40 years, that was when she interviewed President Ho Chi Minh, just two months before he passed away.

CNN and Forbes reported and commented on the official commercial operation of the BIM Wind Power Plant in Ninh Thuan Province. The project has turned this area into the largest green economic complex in Vietnam.

The increase in the solar plus wind share of the electricity mix in Vietnam in 2020 was much faster than the pace seen in the Asia-Pacific region or the world as a whole, according to a research jointly implemented by the Australian National University, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, the ASEAN Centre for Energy and the National Economics University of Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has been voted among the Top 10 destinations to enjoy coffee not to be missed by international travelers on Booking.com.

Relations with Vietnam will remain a priority of Canada’s Liberal Party (LP), led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and grow stronger in the following years, commented Canadian scholars.

Vietnam’s GDP is expected to expand by about 4.8 percent in 2021, and the economy could converge toward the pre-pandemic GDP growth rate of 6.5 to 7 percent from 2022 onward, the World Bank has forecast.

Canada-based Geopolitical Monitor website on September 27 ran an article analyzing President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s speech at the recent High-level General Debate at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 76) and highlighting Vietnam’s heightening reputation as a UNSC member and its socio-economic achievements over decades.