Ha Noi (VNA) – A giant blue banner saying: “Welcome, Bienvenue, Bienvenido , Viet Nam '' was suspended in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s headquarters in Geneva on Jan. 11 when Viet Nam officially became the 150 th member of the WTO.
On this occasion, the US’s Associated Press published a report, qualifying Viet Nam as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with a year-on-year economic growth rate of more than 7 percent in the last decade. After 20 years of the renewal (Doi Moi) process, Viet Nam started gradually implementing market-oriented reforms and in 2006, it received record foreign direct investment of 10 billion USD.
Meanwhile, the Agence France-Presse quoted Adam Sitkoff, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ha Noi, as saying that “Every day is an opportunity for Viet Nam to become more competitive and for Vietnamese people to have a better life."-Enditem |