I’ll leave this here, as I’m particularly bothered by the weird megamyth of kudzu in the US, as is evidenced but the other comments.

English ivy is actually a generally bigger threat but it never gets any real attention.

I will concede that the image above is kudzu tho.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/true-story-kudzu-vine-ate-south-180956325/