New York Times, one of the most prominent newspapers in the US praised Con Dao in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, a rising star on Vietnam’s tourism map, as a “tropical paradise with a terrible past” and listed it among 52 most lovable places for the year of 2021.

The front page of New York Times, one of the most long-standing and prestigious newspaper in the US, has devoted its front page to list the names of 1,000 people who died from Covid-19 in the US, however, the number is just 1% of the total as there have been 100,000 Covid-19- related deaths in the country reported.