Vietnam in foreigners’ eyes

A poll carried out by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) showed that Vietnam’s business climate index in the third quarter of 2016 went up ten points from the previous quarter to 84 points.

A delegation of 40 EU businesses will visit Vietnam from November 2nd-4th to seek investment and business opportunities in agriculture and farm produce trading in the country.

Vietnam ranked 11th among the 67 best places for living and working abroad in 2016, up 24 places over a year earlier.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has won the 2016 Asian Townscape Award from the Asia-Pacific regional office of the UN Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) programme.

Director Cuong Ngo has announced that his movie “Huong Ga” (Rise) won Best Vietnamese Film at the San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival 2016 in the US.

The New York-based news website Business Insider has named Pho (noodle soup) Hanoi and Ha Long bay on its list of 50 can't-miss attractions, foods, and experiences.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan organized a “Beautiful Vietnam” program on October 8th in Tokyo.

(CPV) - Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is expected to remain resilient over the next three years, according to a new World Bank report released on October 4th.

(CPV) - Viet Nam’s economy continues to perform well but is being hindered by a number of challenges, ADB said in a new flagship report launched on September 27th 2016.

German Television ARD is finalizing shots for a TV show on Vietnam’s landscapes and people.

Vietnam has made the biggest jump this year to claim 11th place in the world’s friendliest country list, according to The InterNations Survey which interviewed more than 14,000 expats living in 67 countries around the world.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has been named the “Leading Partner Bank in Vietnam” by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

TripAdvisor.com, an American travel website, has revealed the top 25 museums in the world according to their Traveller's Choice awards, and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam is among them.

Vietnam has been listed among the Top 20 favourite countries to visit by the US’s Condé Nast Traveler (CNT).

French President Francois Hollande took a walk from Ma May street to Hang Bac street in the Old Quarter during his official visit to Vietnam.

In a news piece published in the Tehran Times, reporter Mehdi Sepahvand said that he was invited to attend a ceremony to mark the National Day at the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran on September 2nd.

The Indian national TV channel Doordashan has screened a series of Vietnamese movies.

Vietnamese female director Nguyen Hoang Diep has been honoured to receive the "Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight of Arts and Letters) order by Ms. Frederique Bredin - President of France's National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, for her contribution to French culture.

Leaders from China, Laos, Cambodia and Russia have cabled congratulations to their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of National Day (September 2nd).

Vietnam Dairy Products or Vinamilk "breaks the ice" to grab a spot in the top 50 best listed firms in the Asia Pacific region, Forbes Magazine has said.

The summer column of France’s "L'Humanité" newspaper recently published an article "Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh)" by Alain Ruscio, a French historian specializing in the Indochina War.

European Union enterprises were positive about the business environment in Vietnam as a large number of them planned to increase investment in the country, according to a Business Climate Index (BCI) survey for the second quarter of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham).

Vietnam needs to increase its funding for promoting tourism to realise its target of doubling the figures for international tourists as well as revenue by 2020, according to Forbes.

Several Argentine websites on August 19 ran news stories highlighting the significance of the 1945 August Revolution of Vietnam on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the event (August 19th, 1945-2016).

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has received CNN’s Sales Manager in Southeast Asia Ms. Stacey Rabsatt to set plan to cooperate and promote the image of the capital in the near future.

Popular Vietnamese designer Vo Viet Chung has been honoured as the Fashion International Designer of the Year and most Excellent International Designer by the Fashion Forward program, of the US.

A documentary report on Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange titled “Long Thanh will lichen” by German director Philipp Abresch has been nominated for an Emmy Award.

CNN news has listed Ho Chi Minh city among the world’s best 23 cities for street food.

The UK’s Daily Telegraph has listed the top 9 safest destinations for solo female travelers, among which is Vietnam.

Vietnam has all the opportunities it needs to be a success story, according to an article titled “Whether Vietnam will become a new tiger economy in Asia”, published this week in Russia’s finance and economics online newspaper, vestifinance.ru.