Sydney, Aug. 30 -- Harry Hoang OAM, President of the Vietnamese Business Association and Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in Canberra, has expressed pride in the homeland's economic progress over the past eight decades since gaining independence. Talking to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of the National Day (September 2), Hoang, who received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) from the Governor-General of Australia for his significant contributions to the community, highlighted that Vietnam's GDP has doubled over the past 10 years, despite four years of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the decisive turning point came with "Doi moi" (renewal), shifting Vietnam from a centralised and subsidised econ...