Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

The greatest lesson that the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has left in the process of revolutionary struggle and national construction over the past 9 decades is the incomparable power of the great national unity.

Propaganda through posters and painting is the weapon that made Vietnam win in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its continued connection with the construction of socialism in this strong country.

Cao lau rice noodles and bun rieu, a crab-based vermicelli soup, have been listed among Asia’s best rice noodle dishes by CNN (the US).

Australia's Motoring website has recently delivered an interview with Mr. Kevin Yardley, Director of the VinFast Australia Automotive Technology Institute, and the Australian in charge of VinFast’s new Melbourne engineering centre, in which he confirmed that VinFast's progress is “breathtaking”.

Switzerland’s German language website Watson.ch has run an article emphasising that information transparency and the people's unity have contributed to Vietnam’s success in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam is like a rising star, meeting all the factors to improve its economic image and attract more foreign investment flows, according to an article published by The Times of India.

Deputy Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Shirel Levi has expressed her great admiration for the fight against the novel coronavirus in Vietnam, saying Vietnam could set a role model for other countries to follow suit.

The quick establishment of a testing system and thorough quarantine measures are the main factors behind Vietnam’s success in containing COVID-19 community infections, a Japanese professor was quoted as saying by the Japanese TV channel NHK in a story published on June 11th.

​Ha Giang, Quang Binh, Ninh Binh, Ha Long, and Quy Nhon of Vietnam have all been named among the global best backpacker destinations in 2020.

Da Lat is considered as “the source of some of the best cheeses produced in Asia”, according to an article of the US-based news channel CNN.

President Ho Chi Minh and his patriotism have always offered endless inspiration for many Vietnamese and international writers and artists.

Forbes has announced a list of the world’s leading 100 safest countries in terms of guarding against the COVID-19, with the guide being based on data provided by the Deep Knowledge Group, with Vietnam being placed in 20th overall.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has sent its congratulations to Vietnam after the 14th National Assembly (NA) adopted a resolution ratifying the country’s membership of the Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour (Convention 105), with 94.82 percent of delegates voting in favour at the ongoing ninth session on June 8.th

Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam Ousmane Dione has expressed his appreciation of the success Vietnam and Hanoi in particular had in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

A writer from the US Bloomberg news agency has assessed in a newly-published article that Vietnam may be a model for the rest of the world about local holidaymakers back.

Many Asian media agencies have shown great admiration as Vietnam’s top-flight football league, the V.League, officially restarted on June 5 after an almost three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially regarding the fact that thousands of fans are being admitted into stadiums.

Reuters news agency has run an article featuring stadiums in Vietnam with thousands of fans on June 5, as the country resumed top-flight football matches without social distancing measures or curbs on crowd sizes.

Tan Dinh church in Ho Chi Minh City is among the ten most beautiful pink buildings to visit globally.

Reader's Digest Canadian version ranks Ha Long bay on a list of 10 destinations in Southeast Asia that visitors must see before dying.

New York Post has run an article by author Dana Kennedy praising Vietnam’s success in coping with COVID-19, as it has so far reported 328 cases and not a single death.

The Australia-based website Eastasiaforum.org on May 28th ran an article titled “Vietnam’s COVID-19 political gains” affirming that Vietnam has earned international accolades as one of the successful countries in Asia to contain the coronavirus.

Santo Akiko, President of the House of Councillors of Japan, on May 29th praised Vietnam’s impressive achievements in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 and highlighted the important role played by the Vietnamese National Assembly in the combat.

Vietnam is a potential and emerging market, with low risks, good economy and stable politics, Eto Shinji, General Manager of Japanese building product distributor JUTEC Corporation’s Overseas Business Department, has said.

British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh city Ian Gibbons has sent a letter of thanks to Ho Chi Minh City authorities and medical staff for their supporting to British nationals, especially the excellent treatment for British pilot, known as patient 91, over the past 12 weeks.

The daily newspaper The Globe and Mail, one of the most prestigious newspapers in Canada, on May 27th ran an article praising Vietnam for having no COVID-19 fatalities.

"There are meetings that people remember forever, deeply ingrained in the brains and in the hearts of the never-repeated marks."

The international Business Insider site in the US has listed the Duc Ba (Notre Dame) cathedral in Ho Chi Minh city one of the world’s 19 most beautiful cathedrals.

Germany’s DW newswire recently ran an article saying that Vietnam still aims for an economic growth of 5 percent this year despite global economic crisis and likely recession in some of its neighbouring countries.

Japan’s NHK television channel has lauded Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 with 324 infections and zero death.

Vietnam is the leading country among 30 countries and territories ranked by the prestigious US newspaper Politico on the capability of fighting COVID-19.