(VOVworld) – On Saturday, Argentina’s News Agency Telam ran an article by journalists Horacio Rana, praising Vietnam’s achievements during its renewal process. Rana said Vietnam’s renewal achievements over the past 30 years are incomparable in the world, adding that with its open economy, Vietnam’s achievements have been recognized worldwide. The article quoted UN Development Program General Director Helen Clark as saying that Vietnam’s achievements in gender equality education, employment, and healthcare, are impressive. Vietnam’s ratio of poor people has dropped significantly with an average growth of 7.3% in the 1990-2010 period. Vietnam should speed up its economic restructuring and increase foreign investment to improve its people’s living standards. The article also quoted Professor Tsuboi Yoshiharu of Japan’s Waseda University as saying that Vietnam has been actively integrating into the region and the world by joining ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It’s important for Vietnam to improve its position and role in ASEAN and the world in the next 50 years.