The beautiful landscapes of Vietnam, has captured through the lens of professional Vietnamese photographer Hoang Nam, have been featured in the Russian magazine, Livejournal.

So said Ms Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank's Country Director for Vietnam during an interview with a reporter from the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.

“Vietnam is an emerging country with an average of above 7 percent economic growth during the first decade of the 21st century, despite facing major economic and security challenges.”

The online magazine ‘Business Insider’ recently published an article written by Investment Strategist Tim Staermose, which gave the author’s impression of Vietnam after an eight day visit to the country.

You know you've become a seasoned traveler when you carry three or four different currencies, carry more mobile phone SIM cards than credit cards, need to think which way to look for oncoming traffic each time you step off a curb, have had to visit a U.S. embassy to get more pages added to your passport and seem to always be making visa runs. It was that time again for me. Another visa run. I have used Bangkok as my Asian travel hub for the past two years. At this point it feels like home - I read the Bangkok Post every morning; travel the city without a guide book or map; navigate the mass transit system - skytrain, underground and klong ferries - with ease; and dress my street food with the traditional blend of sweet, spicy, sour and salty with confidence. I could easily live here.