Vietnam is a country most people have heard of but until recently few have had the opportunity to visit. It was not until the early 1990s that the first intrepid travelers started arriving. Visitors from all over the world are now discovering what a hidden gem of a country Vietnam is. Brilliant green rice fields, exotic temples and pagodas, grand colonial buildings, bustling city streets, thatched bamboo huts, deserted sandy beaches, breathtaking mountain scenery, conical straw hats, colorful ethnic minorities, graceful women in ao dai tunics, delicious cuisine, great out door activities luxurious hotels, stunning resorts and more, much more. There’s Hanoi elegant with friendly people, Sapa with colorful-dressed minorities, nestled in the shadow of Indochina’s highest peak, Halong Bay with amazing caves listedby UNESCO for its outstanding natural beauty. There’s also Hue..
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Vietnam has three different regions – the North, Central and South – each with different weather patterns and different rainy seasons….

The conference entitled “ Vietnam economy in 2010: Acknowledging Investment and Business Opportunities” was attended by ministry officials, the leading economists and 300 enterprises who evaluated and forecast the global economy, as well as Vietnam ’s prospects for this year.

Participants all agreed that the global economy would show signs of recovery but slowly. Moody’s Credit Assessment Council forecast the world economy would struggle this year, and possibly next year, with unemployment and prolonged budget deficit. Head of the Vietnam Economy Institute, Tran Dinh Thien, said the crisis had reformatted the institutional structure of the world economy.

“If floored powerful economies. Some emerging economies have developed strongly and become economic powerhouses,” Thien said.

Vietnam ’s economy has been clarified to prevent recession and in the process of growth with last year’s GDP of 5.32 percent.