Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Former German Prime Minister Philipp Rösler has applauded Vietnam’s efforts fighting COVID-19 saying Vietnam quarantined effectively with a very low infection rate and fatalities from the 97 million population.

The Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership has created a framework to advance the bilateral ties, particularly in politics, economy, security, education and environment, Australian Governor-General David Hurley said on November 27.

EuroCham’s Business Climate Index (BCI) in Vietnam in the third quarter recorded the highest score since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s chairing the virtual 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits over the last week was an exceptional achievement given the hugely disruptive impact of COVID-19 on the ASEAN calendar this year, Australian Ambassador to ASEAN Will Nankervis has said.

A number of regional and global news agencies have quoted data from international research institutes and organisations as saying that Vietnam’s economy is on track to grow despite the impact of COVID-19.

Vietnam is projected to be one of the economies posting big gains in the world’s per-capita income rankings during the quarter-century through 2025, according to data analysed by Bloomberg.

As many of 17 paintings show Polish painter Marta Kisiliczyk’s love for Vietnam are on display at an exhibition entited “Transformation” at Hanoi-based Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.

Vietnam’s economy could grow bigger than Singapore by 2029, the UK-based Global Business Outlook recently cited the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)’s report.

2020 is the year that Vietnam was poised to make progress on its rise as a regional leader, Italy-based Inter Press Service said in its article published on November 13.

Vietnamese Muong ethnic minority teacher Ha Anh Phuong, an English language teacher at the Huong Can High School in Thanh Son district, Phu Tho province, is the only Vietnamese individual announced by Varkey Foundation as one of the 10 finalists of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, on November 11.

As many as 67.3% of enterprises from the Republic of Korea (ROK) have said they are satisfied with entry processes in Vietnam, the Nhan Dan newspaper qouted a recently released survey by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KORCHAM).

Business Insider, an American financial and business news website, has published an article on the 10 cheapest places for US expats living abroad, with Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City topping the list.

Vietnam’s political system proved effective and efficient when the COVID-19 outbreak in the country became more complex, Russian news agency Sputnik wrote recently.

Vietnam is a destination that can bring substantial benefit to Japanese investors, Director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute (OERI) Moribe Hiroyuki said ahead of an official visit by Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.

Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to reach 340.6 billion USD this year, making it the fourth-largest economy in Southeast Asia.

A short video touting Vietnam as a must-see tourist destination of Asia was released on the US Cable News Network (CNN) on October 15.

Conde Nast Traveller readers have voted Vietnam among their top 20 favourite countries around the globe, as part of the US-based magazine’s 33rd annual readers’ choice awards survey.

Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Nadav Eshcar, expressed his idea that Israel admires and wishes to learn from Vietnam's experience in fighting COVID-19 as his country is going through the second wave of the pandemic.

Vietnam stands out as the only ASEAN economy to achieve positive growth in 2020 and rebound to an 8.1 percent growth rate in 2021 – the highest in Asia, the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) said in a recent report.

The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) newspaper on October 6 ran an article appreciating Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19, adding that Vietnam should be considered a model in the fight.

The Diplomat magazine has recently posted an article on an official visit to Vietnam by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in September and a negotiating bilateral free trade agreement.

The implementation of projects funded by the Japanese Government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) amid the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to Vietnam’s economic recovery, an official from the agency has said.

Vietnam’s real GDP would grow by 2.6 percent in 2020 and hit an 8.2 percent rebound next year, Fitch Solutions has forecast.

Asia Times on October 1 ran an article saying that the Vietnamese economy will soon recover after COVID-19 pandemic and become one of the best performers in the world.

Vietnam is a model to learn from after two effective responses to COVID-19, according to an article posted on the Indian Times.

Thanks to the strict lockdown in the COVID-19 outbreak in Da Nang city, massive COVID-19 testing and good mass communication, Vietnam can now “take pride” in defeating its second coronavirus wave, the UK newspaper Telegraph has reported.

Dozens of French groups and major companies operating in different fields joined an online conference on September 28 that sought ways to promote French investments in Vietnam after the COVID-19.

Over the past week, many Indonesian newspapers praised Vietnam’s victory over the global COVID-19 pandemic, saying that Indonesia needs to learn from the experience of Vietnam.

Indonesian media have applauded Vietnam’s success in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which helps the country’s economy to expand.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has published an article highlighting the nation’s fast, efficient, and cost-effective response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has helped to return the lives of Vietnamese citizens back to normal.