Oregon’s US Senator Jeff Merkley – a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will lead a bicameral congressional delegation to Vietnam and Indonesia that will take place over this week and next, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held high-level phone talks with US President Joe Biden on March 29 night (Vietnam time).

The new economic cooperation framework involving the United States and Vietnam, and the updated version of a trade and investment deal, are set to drive bilateral ties forward.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam received visiting US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Hanoi on February 13.

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai is due to pay a visit to Vietnam on February 13 – 15, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.

In 1981, when returning to Hanoi, US veterans heard the Vietnamese people say ‘Welcome to Vietnam’. John Terzano said he was moved by the act of kindness and openness.

"I think our relationship with Vietnam is fundamentally strategic in nature...", US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper said in an online exchange with VietNamNet readers.

The United States Mission to Vietnam and Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment announced an initiative to spur private sector stainable growth.

Contact activities and high-level visits by Vietnames and US leaders will be announced at an appropriate time, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa in Bangkok on November 17 on the occasion of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on November 7 affirmed support to Vietnam in just energy transition and climate change response.

“Vietnam-US relations are stronger than ever. Vietnam plays a central role in our Indo-Pacific Strategy,” US Assistant to Secretary of State for Asia Pacific Daniel Kritenbrink told reporters in Hanoi at a press conference on October 12.

Minister of Education Nguyen Kim Son on September 25 concluded his US working trip that aimed to strengthen education partnership between the two countries.

“It has been a stressful time for all of us. But we have created a relationship of mutual trust in the face of an emergency case,” said Eric Dziuban of US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of National Defense Hoang Xuan Chien and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs of the U.S. Dr. Ely Ratner co-chaired the Vietnam-US defense policy dialogue on September 12 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the US continue to support Vietnam in negotiations on the establishment of a Just Energy Transition Partnership to help the country realize climate change adaptation goals.

Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, will make a three-day visit to Vietnam on September 8-10.

Vietnam is willing to hold trade talks with the United States to timely solve arising problems and strengthen bilateral economic, trade and investment relations, in the interest of businesses and people of the two countries.

Vietnam remains an important part of the US-led Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22), said US Consul General in HCM City Marie C. Damour at the PP22 launching ceremony in Tuy Hoa city, the south-central coast province of Phu Yen on June 20 evening.

Mr. Marc E. Knapper, US Ambassador to Vietnam, speaks to VietNamNet about a special story of his family.