Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) was named as the bank with the strongest balance sheet in Vietnam by The Asian Banker, a finance and banking magazine.

Vietnam plays a crucial role in the Asian-Pacific region, Chairman of a foundation on Asian and European science and technology research, Grigory Trofimtruk has told Vietnam News Agency reporters in Russia.

Two Vietnamese businesswomen have won the APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target (BEST) Award recently presented in Thua Thien - Hue province.

Argentina hailed Da Nang’s hosting of APEC 2017 Summit Week in November and pledged to call upon Argentine enterprises to participate in economic workshops in the central coastal city to seek investment opportunities.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting and the role of the host Vietnam has attracted attention from the public in many countries, including Russia.

(CPV) - Viet Nam’s economy continues to perform well despite several setbacks, ADB said in a new flagship report launched on September 26th 2017. As a result of an 8% contraction in mining and oil output in the first half of the year, the Asian Development Outlook Update (ADOU) 2017 forecasts a downward revision in Viet Nam’s economic growth to 6.3% in 2017, and 6.5% in 2018.

Vietnam jumped five grades to rank sixth on the list of the top 55 software outsourcing countries in 2017, recently released by American global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

Vietnam has been voted one of the 20 most beautiful countries in the world by readers of Rough Guides, the renowned British travel site.

(CPV) - Higher value added activities and boosting linkages between domestic firms with foreign markets and investors can help Vietnam move up global value chains, says two new World Bank Group reports.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on September 2nd praised President Ho Chi Minh’s patriotism and nationalism to commemorate his 48th death anniversary (September 2nd, 1969).

(CPV) – “We have learned a lot from Vietnam. We have learned a lot in terms of what Vietnamese government is doing in the preparation of the food security week and I know the APEC Summit in 2018, PNG will learn a lot from the experiences here with Vietnam,” said Mr. Mawe Bacchi Gonapa, Coodinator of Menifo Project - Agri-business Program, the University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

The Romanian Craiova University Publishing House has publishing a book titled “Vietnam: Peace, Integration and Development” by Cristian Toma, Editor-in-chief of Monitor Oltenia Newspaper and member of the Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CRJI).

The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) latest report showed Vietnam is increasingly chosen by foreign tourists, being ranked sixth among the countries with the fastest-growing international arrivals in 2017.

(CPV) - The central coastal province of Quang Binh has been ranked fourth among the 10 most attractive destinations in Vietnam; just behind Hoi An, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, according to a list recently released by the world's largest travel network TripAdvisor.

(CPV) - “I think Vietnam sells USD600 - USD700 million worth of agricultural and food products that come to Australia, so obviously you have a high standard of agriculture and food production,” said Mr. Mathew Worrell, Assistant Secretary, Bilateral Engagement and International Cooperation Branch, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.

The Tam Thanh community art village in Tam Ky city of the central province of Quang Nam has been awarded the 2017 Asian Townscape Award.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on August 11th sent sympathies to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc over heavy human and property losses caused by recent floods triggered by prolonged rains in the north of Vietnam.

35 photos by French photographer Réhahn are on display at an exhibition entitled “Precious Heritage” which opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on August 1st.

Cua Van fishing village has been named among the world’s 22 most enchanting towns and villages by Buzzfeed.

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort has been listed among the eight most ideal places to organize a wedding by the US Cable News Network (CNN) website.

Cambodia’s Rasmei Kampuchea Daily on July 20th ran an article featuring the State visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, saying the visit will help lift bilateral relations to a new height.

The latest announcement of Travel & Leisure magazine about readers’ rating of the world’s Top 15 cities revealed Hoi An ancient town ranked 7th with a total score of 90.31.

Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Bank and Commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia (RGC) Sao Sokha have valued the valuable assistance of Vietnam’s Defence Ministry for the RGC and other armed forces of Cambodia in general.

(CPV) - Amidst strengthening recovery in the global economy since late 2016, Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5.7 percent during the first half 2017, while inflation has so far moderated and core inflation remains low, at less than 2 percent.

Member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party’s Politburo and President of the Lao Front for National Construction Saysomphone Phomvihane had a meeting on July 7th with the Vietnamese community in Laos onthe occasion of the occasion of the 40 years of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

Ho Chi Minh city has been listed among the top destinations for solo travellers, according to the Airbnb website.

A 35-minute documentary about a Vietnamese teenage victim of Agent Orange (AO) was screened at the US Senate headquarters in Washington DC on June 28th.

(CPV) - Vietnam ranked 7th among the world’s 20 fastest growing travel destinations, according to a list recently released by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

(CPV) - "For instance in New Zealand, the number of our tourists coming here has increased by 50% over the last year, and the number of tourists that are coming from Vietnam to New Zealand are also increased by 50% last year. So there are about 6,500 people from Vietnam to New Zealand, and about 25,500 people from New Zealand to Vietnam," said Mr. Roger Philip Wigglesworth, the delegate from New Z

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung is one of Asia's top three agricultural scientists, as chosen by the Asian Scientist magazine.