(VNA - 08/05/2012) - Viet Nam hopes to receive more support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for hunger elimination and poverty reduction, climate change adaptation, human resource training and HIV/AIDS prevention.

(VNA-02/02/2012) - The US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell, had a meeting with a number of Vietnamese officials in Ha Noi on Feb. 2 as part of his visit to Viet Nam.

He met with Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh, and Deputy Director of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs Vuong Thua Phong.The two sides expressed their pleasure at the development of the Viet Nam-US relations over the past time, both bilaterally and multilaterally, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

The two sides discussed measures to further boost bilateral ties, especially in economy, trade, investment, science and technology, education and training, coping with climate change and sea level rise.

(VNA - 20/01/2012) - Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh on Jan. 19 hosted receptions in Ha Noi for a visiting US delegation led by Senator John McCain.

At a reception hosted by Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, McCain said he appreciates the achievements made by Viet Nam and expressed satisfaction with the development of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Minister Minh expressed thanks for the support of the US Government and the US Senator in particular, for development in Viet Nam.

The two sides discussed co-operation between the two countries and other issues of common concern.

(VNA - 19/01/2012) - Viet Nam considers the US as one of its leading partners and wants to bring the two countries' relations to a new height, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

PM Dung made the statement while receiving four US Senators led by Senator John McCain in Ha Noi on Jan. 19.

He underlined the necessity for both sides to further cooperation in economics, trade and investment.

The PM proposed US Senators urge their government to soon recognise Viet Nam's market economy and grant the generalised system of preference to Viet Nam.

01/11/2012

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting member of US House of Representatives Robert Filner in Hanoi on Jan. 11.

Dung hailed Robert Filner’s efforts in supporting Agent Orange victims as well as his close cooperation with Vietnamese associates in dealing with AO/dioxin consequences.

01/11/2012

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked for real changes in Party-building work as the current context is posing new requirements and tasks for the country’s revolutionary cause./p>

Delivering a speech at a national conference on Party-building work in 2012, held in Hanoi on Jan. 11, the Party leader stressed the need to further improve the leadership and combative capacity of the Party as well as put forth higher tasks for the Party-building work.

Jan 09, 2012

Robert Earl Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, met with the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) in Hanoi on Jan. 9, after his fact-finding tour of AO victims in Vietnam from Jan. 4.

VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh thanked the US Congressman for his help to Vietnamese AO victims in recent years. In particular, in July 2011, the Congressman submitted a draft bill to the House of Representatives on relief for Agent Orange victims, including Vietnamese victims.