VIETNAM has made great strides following two decades of economic reforms that it is now known as one of the world's most exciting economies.
The statistics are indeed spectacular - GDP grew by 8.4% last year (highest over nine years), foreign direct investment (FDI) reached US$6.5bil (highest over the last seven years), foreign trade volume is at US$69bil, total amount of investments attracted to-date is US$51bil (from 75 countries and territories; 6,030 projects), and total outflow of investment at US$620mil (150 projects).