Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

ASEAN member countries’ ambassadors to Pretoria, South Africa, have shared an assessment that Vietnam has successfully completed the ASEAN Chairmanship task in the past 9 months.

The US magazine CounterPunch has just published an article on Vietnam's success in the fight against COVID-19, which highlights the solidarity of the people.

New Zealand highly evaluated Vietnam’s role as Chair of ASEAN 2020, especially amid the challenging and unusual circumstances, said Alison Mann, New Zealand's Senior Official for APEC, East Asia Summit, ASEAN Regional Forum and SEAN.

Chargé d'Affaires of the US Mission to ASEAN Melissa A. Brown has affirmed that Washington commends Vietnam for its efforts as ASEAN Chair during this challenging time caused by COVID-19.

According to many foreign experts and officials, Vietnam's international prestige today is at a record high.

Professor Huang Zheng (Hoang Tranh), one of the famous researchers of Uncle Ho in China, has six times visited President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Vietnam has shouldered the responsibility of ASEAN Chairmanship during a tough time, and the theme “Cohesive and Responsive” chosen by the country for this year couldn't be more relevant, Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Deng Xijun has said.

Russia appreciates the efforts made by Vietnam as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020 and other ASEAN-led mechanisms, according to Russian Ambassador to ASEAN Alexander Ivanov.

(CPV) - Viet Nam’s economy is expected to grow 1.8% in 2020 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and bounce back to 6.3% in 2021, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on September 15th 2020.

Ambassador of the European Union (EU) at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Igor Driesmans assessed that Vietnam had successfully organized the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM 53) and related meetings in the context of unprecedented challenges.

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to ASEAN Lim Sungnam has appreciated Vietnam’s cohesive and responsive leadership in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as Chair of ASEAN in 2020.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Indonesia Puan Maharani has said she fully appreciates Vietnam's effort in hosting the first-ever virtual 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia’s news agency Sputnik has just released an article appreciating Vietnam's rapid and strong socio-economic development, clearly noting that even at present, as the world economy suffers the worst crisis since the great recession in the 1930s due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnamese economic growth does not decrease but still grows at 1.81%.

The recovery prospects look brightest for Vietnam and the country is expected to be the only Southeast Asiaeconomy to record positive growth this year, according to the latest Global Economic Outlook report from Oxford Economics, commissioned by chartered accountancy body ICAEW.

FDI inflows into Vietnam will soon bounce back once the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, Chief Representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Hanoi Takeo Nakajima said on September 9.

Vietnam is making positive contributions during its Presidency of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community, the Foreignaffairs Asia website has said.

Chuan Leekpai, President of the National Assembly of Thailand, has expressed his firm belief that the ongoing 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) will be the most successful under the host of Vietnam.

As the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-41) opened online in Hanoi on September 8, Ms. Endah Tjahjani Dwirini, Head of Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Board, the Lower House of Indonesia, expressed her trust in the leadership role of Vietnam’s AIPA 2020 President.

Experts remain optimistic that in the long-term, Vietnam’s economy will be able to bounce back from the current COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent article published by the English language news media publishing group Asia Times.

Vietnam’s robust economic performance over the past three decades has been heavily dependent on exports and foreign direct investment (FDI), with foreign invested companies accounting for 67.8 percent of the country’s total export turnover in 2019, according to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) of Singapore.

In the past few days, Lao media such as Pasaxon Newspaper, Pathetlao Daily, Laophattana Daily News, Vientiane Times, Socio-Economic News, Lao National Radio, Lao National Television and online newspapers delivered many news items on the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution and the Vietnamese National Day (September 2).

Since September 2, 1945, the day President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, Vietnam has experienced the most prominent period in its thousands of years of history, according to Russian experts during talks with Sputnik news agency on the 75th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day.

Many foreign media outlets recently ran articles highlighting Vietnam’s achievements over the last 75 years and its stature in the international arena on the occasion of the country’s 75th National Day (September 2).

“After 75 years of Independence under the leadership of the Communist Party, Vietnam has been thriving and become a key player in Southeast Asia with constantly developing social, culture, improved commercial and spiritual life and stable politics. Recent years have seen growing reputation, prestige and presence of Vietnam in the international arena.”

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day (September 2), General Secretary of the Mexican Labor Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez visited the Ho Chi Minh Acupuncture Center in Mexico City on August 27.

Famous Egyptian journalist Kamal Gaballa had an article published on the online Al-Ahram on August 31 praising the outstanding achievements of Vietnam in the past 75 years, on the occasion of the 75th National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2).

India’s The Diplomat newswire has run an article entitled “India – Vietnam relations: Strong and Getting Stronger” by scholar Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan from the Observer Research Foundation, saying that the two countries continue deepening their relationship.

Israeli press have spotlighted Vietnam’s policy for external diplomacy and its economic growth in the first eight months of this year on the occasion of the Southeast nation celebrating the 75th anniversary of its August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

Vietnam has been always very good at taking advantage of crisis to accelerate reforms and move faster and grow better, Jacques Morisset, World Bank Lead Economist and Programme Leader for Vietnam, has said.

According to an article from the US Wilson Center, 2020 is seeing Vietnam holding two key positions simultaneously that will spotlight its foreign policy approach: the annually rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).