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Vietnamese intellectuals and students working and studying in Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg have applauded the country's achievements over the past five years.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. to the United Nations, has spoken highly of positive developments in South Sudan after the establishment of the transitional government.

The Philippines’s gross domestic product shrank 9.5 percent in 2020 due to severe impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

Vietnam is among top countries and territories that proved the most successful at containing the pandemic, announced a report unveiled on January 27 of the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Australia.

On the occasion of the ongoing 13th National Party Congress, several experts have made assessments and forecasts on the forthcoming development path of Vietnam.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh has urged the UN Security Council to remain united and demonstrate its leadership in building a more comprehensive and robust strategy to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesia is encouraging the creation of a safe and transformative digital ecosystem in support of the planned cooperation between ASEAN and Japan in the telecommunications sector.

German newswire Deutsche Welle recently ran an article hailing Vietnam’s successes in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Old Bailey Court in London on January 22 jailed four people-smugglers for a combined 78 years after 39 Vietnamese migrants smuggled to the UK were found dead in the back of a lorry.

Vietnam’s foreign policy of multilateralisation and diversification of external relations has contributed to enhancing the country’s position in the region and the world, foreign experts said.

With its progressive and reformist government and under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam has achieved enormous progress in economic development.

Vietnam has started to emerge as the latest Asian nation with a strengthening position in the region.