In April 2008, the Ministry of Information and Communications of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) organized a study tour to the country for a group of Russian journalists. We had to travel from north to south, starting in the capital Hanoi and ending in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).
The Government of Vietnam, working purposefully to promote tourism and create an attractive advertising brand, seeks to convince foreign tourists that the country is full of"hidden charm". Here you can even admire the modern wonder of the world. The bay with the poetic name "Descending Dragon", or in Vietnamese Halong, in the spring of 2008, according to the results of a worldwide Internet vote, topped the list of seven modern wonders of the world. However, our program was designed in such a way as to present Vietnam as a country with a dynamically developing economy, with great human and economic potential. Therefore, the Vietnamese side focused on visiting successful companies and enterprises with export potential (Communications and Informatics Company FPT, Textile Company No. 10). Visits to the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, the Sony Vietnam Joint Venture, and the Vientnam-Singapore Industrial Zone were also planned.
Several Russian-Vietnamese joint ventures operate in Vietnam. In particular, the largest oil production company Vietsovpetro in the south of the country in Vung Tau, which started its activity back in Soviet times; the KAMAZ truck assembly company (on our road trips around the country, the final products of this assembly were regularly found along with their Chinese, Korean and Japanese counterparts), the Vietnamese-Russian Bank (GRB).
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When you arrive in Hanoi from Moscow, it may look like you have traveled in a time machine and ended up in the Soviet Union at the beginning of Perestroika. National Vietnamese red flags with a star are hung all over the city (sometimes a red flag with a hammer and sickle flies nearby), which create a beauti ...
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