Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Vietnam rose to 25th place out of 194 countries and territories in the Global CyberSecurity Index, ranking 7th in the Asia-Pacific region. Compared to the last assessment period published in 2019, Vietnam increased by 25 places, surpassing Thailand to rank 4th out of 11 ASEAN member countries, according to results announced by the International Telecommunication Union.

On June 30, major Lao newspapers simultaneously published news and articles about the official friendship visit to Vietnam by Thongloun Sisoulith, Lao Party General Secretary and State President, his wife and the high-ranking Lao delegation.

(CPV) - Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked 8th among the list of 10 lowest-cost tourist destinations in the world.

The Lao press on June 28 published several news articles about the official friendship visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith.

The PathetLao newspaper of the Lao news agency KPL on June 24 frontpaged an article on the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

The writing titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam” by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong is an extremely important piece, not just for Vietnam and the CPV, but also for communists around the world.

The launching ceremony of the book "Vietnam Miracle" by Bulgarian journalist Kadrinka Kadrinova was organized at the headquarters of the Bulgarian Press Union on June 17.

Vietnam’s stock market has recently set a record with 1 billion USD in daily transactions, making it the second most liquid market in Southeast Asia, according to the British site Proactive.

Vietnam needs to pay special attention to promoting development of industrial production and retail as both sectors may continue to be affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, according to the World Bank (WB).

Defeating Malaysia 2-1 in a match early on June 12, the Vietnamese football team continue to receive applause from Asian media for maintaining their impressive unbeaten streak in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The COVID-19 vaccine fund launched on May 31 and officially debuted on June 5 aimed to mobilize social contributions to share with the State budget, serving activities of purchasing and importing vaccines and researching and producing domestic vaccines.

Standard Chartered announced on June 1 its forecast that Vietnam’s GDP growth would be 6.7 percent this year and 7.3 percent in 2022.

Russian expert on international affairs Grigory Trofimchuk affirmed that Vietnam has been and will be a reliable and faithful partner of the Russian Federation, and this has been proven over time, being a factor for the two countries to make plans for the future.

Pasaxon newspaper, the organ of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, on June 1 published an article entitled "Vietnam will enter a new stage of development".

Sergey Levchenko, First Secretary of the Irkutsk regional division of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) and former Governor of Irkutsk term 2015-2019, has expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s achievements in the COVID-19 fight.

The S&P Global Ratings has announced that it has retained Vietnam’s sovereign credit rating, improving its economic outlook to “positive” from “stable”. Vietnam is the only country in the world to have its outlook improved by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.

The major Asian news website (Bigasia) on May 25 ran an article "Vietnam has entered a stage of development to meet the aspirations of all people", by Professor Dmitry Mosyakov, Director of the Center for Southeast Asian - Australia – Oceania Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation.

Acting Director of the Far Eastern Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Aleksey Maslov said that the ability to develop a long-term strategy is the key to the success of the Vietnamese economy despite the difficulties caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for 2021-2026 term on May 23 have attracted attention from international media.

According to a recent report by Maybank Kim Eng, ASEAN's leading financial group, Vietnam is leading the economic recovery among the four emerging economies in ASEAN known as CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), with its exports and production far exceeding before the pandemic.

An article was recenlty published on the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)’s official website highlighting the journey of President Ho Chi Minh to find a way to liberate his nation and his influence on revolutionary movements of colonial countries around the world.

Germany’s Junge Welt (Young People) newspaper ran an article on May 21 spotlighting the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure and the important contributions by the legislature to the country’s economic development over recent years.

Endar T.D. Retnoastuti, a member of the Indonesia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, has emphasised the significance of the upcoming general elections to the Vietnamese National Assembly, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The teachings of President Ho Chi Minh have a special meaning not only for Vietnamese youth, but also for the current generation of young citizens of the Russian Federation.

Recently, Germany’s global social network InterNations released the latest annually held Expat Insider survey results. Accordingly, Vietnam is among the top 10 countries and territories where foreigners are happiest to live and work.

Svetlana Glazunova, daughter of late Honorary Chairman of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association Evgeny Pavlovich Glazunov (1930-2019), who had a lifelong love for Vietnam and authored many books on President Ho Chi Minh, inheriting his love for the Southeast Asian country, has worked to the promote President Ho Chi Minh’s ideological values in Russia.

(CPV) - 46 percent German businesses had a positive view of the local economic development in 2020, 66 percent expects a significant improvement in 2021.

Vietnam is one of the top countries in the ASEAN region chosen by Japanese enterprises for investment in the near future. So confirmed Mr. Nakajima Takeo, Chief Representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Hanoi, when he talked about the business environment in Vietnam.

An article was published on Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) newspaper on May 9 highlighting a lawsuit by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga against multinational companies which produced and sold the toxic chemical Agent Orange (AO) containing dioxin sprayed by US forces during the war in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Professor Vo Tong Xuan has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Japanese Government.