Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

(CPV) – The central coastal city of Da Nang continues to be nominated as Asia’s Leading Festival and Event Destination at the World Travel Awards 2017, reported the city Tourism Promotion Centre.

The Roughguides travel website has suggest the cheapest places to travel in Spring 2017, in which Vietnam is praised as the ideal spot for street food.

Long Beach on Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang province) and Ha My Beach in the central coastal province of Quang Nam have been selected among Asia’s 16 most beautiful beaches by the UK’s Telegraph.

The Telegraph has listed the Hanoi – Hoi An tour among the world’s Top 10 adventure holidays for families, with reasonable costs.

Vietnam and Israel should work together in the spirit of creativity and innovation to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin made the suggestion in a recent interview with Vietnam News Agency on the run up to his upcoming official visit to Vietnam from March 19th – 25th.

Vietnam’s Con Dao Island has been named among the Top 12 crowd-free Asia island escapes by the US Cable News Network (CNN).

Two Vietnamese beaches have been named among the Top 25 beaches in Asia in 2017 by the famous travel website TripAdvisor.

(CPV) - The UK newspaper Telegraph has listed Hanoi among the world's 17 greatest cities for food.

Director Vogt-Roberts has expressed his good sentiment for Vietnam, especially on scenes in his film in Quang Binh.

Major global news agencies have reported the visit by Japanese King Akihito and Empress Michiko to Vietnam.

(CPV) – “Every day I walk or run along the coastline – its very beautiful. Its like this is the Hawaii of Vietnam! I think its too beautiful, because – we don't want to work, its very hard to focus on our work,” said Mr. Carlos Kuriyama, Senior Analyst, Policy Support Unit, APEC Secretariat.

(CPV) – “The role of oceans and fisheries is very important in the APEC region for food security,” Mr. Patrick Edward Moran, a delegate of the United States, Chairman of the 8th Ocean and Fisheries Working Group Meeting, talked to the reporter of the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper on February 26th 2017.

Many representatives from 21 APEC member economies have showed a good impression about Nha Trang city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, which is hosting the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings.

About 76% of European companies expressed optimism about business prospects in Vietnam in 2017, higher than its Business Climate Index (BCI) survey for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a week-long trip to Vietnam from February 28th, their first visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Ho Chi Minh city has been listed among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations on earth in 2017 by Airport transfer website Hoppa.

Forbes magazine has listed Northern Vietnam as the best budget travel destination for 2017.

The local media in Laos on February 10th gave much space to highlight the success of the 39th meeting of the Laos-Vietnam Inter-Governmental Committee, saying that it will lay firm foundation for both countries to lift up their ties to a new height.

The famous travel site CnTraveler has listed Ho Chi Minh city among the 50 most beautiful cities in the world.

(CPV) – “Vietnam’s economy performed well in 2016, with real growth estimated at 6.2 percent, even in the face of domestic shocks to agriculture and relatively weak external demand for some key export markets. This was one of strongest growth performances globally,” said Mr. Jonathan Dunn, IMF Resident Representative in Vietnam, in an interview with the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

(CPV) – “During the past year, our countries enjoy growing and positive relations in many areas, from political, trade to education, development and people-to-people linkages,” Ms. Ping Kitnikone, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam, talked to the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

Singer Son Tung M-TP is the sole Vietnamese representative in the I-Magazine Fashion Face Award for Asian Male 2016.

Two well-known landscapes of Vietnam, Son Doong cave and Ban Gioc waterfalls, have been listed among the seven stunning natural wonders in Asia by National Geographic.

The parliament of Belgium’s Wallonia region held the third hearing on the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on January 19th.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city and Hanoi have been named among the top 10 fastest changing cities around the world, according to the survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made headlines in Japan on January 17th.

The Cable News Network (CNN) has named Hanoi’s Quang Ba flower market in Vietnam among the 15 best places to celebrate Lunar New Year (Tet).

An exchange program for international and Vietnamese students was first organized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam National Union of Students on the occasion the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) in Hanoi on January 15th.

The prestigious travel guide book Lonely Planet has revealed its best places to go for every month of the year.

Four Seasons Resort the Nam Hai in Hoi An, Vietnam, has been named among Asia’s most exciting 2017 hotel openings by CNN.