Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

Vietnam’s Con Dao Island has been listed as one of the 13 best secret islands around the world, according to Business Insider.

The Discovery Channel has named Vietnam among the Top 10 destinations to visit in 2017 for its scenery and attractive cuisine.

The US magazine Forbes has listed northern Vietnam as the cheapest place to visit in 2017.

The travel guide and information website Roughguides has released a list of the 10 best places to travel as student, in which Vietnam was suggested as an attractive spot for foodie adventure.

The travel guide and information website Roughguides has listed Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay among 10 of the best UNESCO sites in Asia.

The world famous travel site TripAdvisor has listed two Vietnamese famous landscapes, Da Lat and Sapa, among the Top 10 Destinations on the Rise in Asia in 2017.

Forbes magazine has listed Vietnam among the 30 cheapest places to travel in 2017.

Vietnam has become a big tourist attraction for United States citizens, with over 330,000 visitors in 2015, an increase of 33 percent year-on-year.

A conference on trade and investment promotion in Vietnam was co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Czech Management Association in Prague on November 23rd.

Greece's Ambassador to Vietnam, Nicolas D. Kanellos, will introduce an exhibition titled “Hanoi” at Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre from November 24th.

(CPV) - The central coastal city of Da Nang has been listed among the Top 10 holiday destinations in Asia by readers of the online magazine Smart Travel Asia.

The Egyptian Nile TV Channel has featured Vietnam’s world heritage sites and cultural celebrities recognised by UNESCO with 30- minutes of live coverage on November 19th.

Vietnam has made effort in protecting wildlife and its intensified law enforcement against traffickers is likely to make the country a role model in the field, said UK Prince William.

US photographer Larry D’ Attilito will introduce his book titled “The Soul of Vietnam”, a beautiful, poignant, humorous and delightful capturing of the life of the Vietnamese, at an event on November 20th in Ly Quoc Su street, Hanoi.

Vietnamese bánh mì has topped the Top 20 Must-Try Street Foods around the World list by the US’s Fodor's Travel.

(CPV) - Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi has recently received the coveted award for “Best Luxury Boutique Hotel in Southeast Asia” by the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

The Bright Side website has named Vietnam’s Ho Coc beach among the world’s 10 best places to start a new life.

Democrat Stephanie Murphy, an educator, businesswoman, and former national security specialist, is the first ever Vietnamese-American woman to be elected to the US Congress.

The Vietnam Book Corner has opened at the National Library and Jadavpur University in the eastern city of Kolkata, India’s West Bengal State.

The newspaper New York Times of the United States has named Vietnam one of the 20 places to travel for young people in their twenties.

On November 6th, Irish Times reports that President Michael D Higgins has begun an eight-day visit to Vietnam and Laos that will focus on boosting bilateral ties, especially in trade, investment, development, education and training.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins tells the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) that Ireland and Vietnam have in common their past independence struggles as well as the current challenge of forging an equitable growth model.

The Tran Quoc pagoda in the capital Hanoi was listed among the world’s 16 most beautiful pagodas by the British newspaper Daily Mail.

The Lonely Planet’s Food Trails book has named Hanoi among the world’s 52 tastiest destinations, for its two foods of Pho (noodle soup) and Bun Cha (noodle and grilled meat).

(CPV) - Economies of the East Asia and Pacific region are steadily making progress to ease the process of doing business, finds the WB’s annual ease of doing business report.

The UK’s new Daily Mail has announced the Top 10 most eco-friendly hot spots around the world, in which Vietnam ranked 10th.

The Australia-based travel website News has named Vietnam among the world’s cheapest holiday destinations.

A Chinese book on Nguyen Son, a general of both Vietnam and China, made debut at a discussion in Beijing on October 21st.

Vietnam’s representative Nguyen Thi Loan has ranked 3rd place at the national costume event when introducing Ao Tu Than (a four-panel traditional dress) at Miss Grand International 2016.

The Guide to Sleeping in Airports website has listed Vietnamese airports Noi Bai and Da Nang among the best airports in Asia in 2016.