Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (Photo: VNA)

In its article on his death, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) assessed Phan Van Khai as “an architect of Vietnam's economic rise” in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, “The Australian” newspaper stressed that the former PM was a great contributor to Vietnam’s economic growth and Vietnam’s first prime minister to visit the US after the end of the war.

The BBC called him a technocrat with innovative thinking and great contributions to Vietnam’s economic and institution reforms and international integration. According to the BBC, Vietnam achieved a high and stable growth rate for years under the leadership of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.