📅 3 February 1994
President Clinton announced the end of the U.S. trade embargo, opening a path toward expanded economic contact. The decision followed years of negotiations over prisoners, missing personnel, and...
📅 7 November 2018
A ceremony marked completion of the main contaminated-soil treatment project at Da Nang airport. The cleanup addressed one identified hotspot, not all Agent Orange contamination or health needs in...
📅 23 May 2016
The governments announced a Peace Corps program in Vietnam, extending educational exchange within a relationship shaped by war and negotiated foreign presence.
📅 24 May 2016
Foreign ministers signed the framework agreement during Obama’s visit. It created a basis for future English-language programming, without implying consensus among all Vietnamese about U.S. cultural...
📅 23 January 2017
A presidential memorandum directed U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Vietnam had negotiated the pact to expand markets; the U.S. decision changed its prospects and showed the...
📅 31 May 2017
The statement set out cooperation on trade, defense, education, and regional affairs. It records official state priorities, not the views of every Vietnamese citizen, refugee, or war-affected person.
📅 10 November 2017
Trump promoted trade at a regional summit hosted by Vietnam. Hosting demonstrated Vietnam’s diplomatic role after decades of war and international isolation.
📅 11 November 2017
The visit included Hanoi and APEC leaders’ meetings in Đà Nẵng. Strategic ties advanced while human-rights questions and competing war memories remained.
📅 5 March 2018
The carrier made the first U.S. carrier port visit to Vietnam since the war. The symbolic shift in defense ties also raised questions about militarization and Vietnam’s engagement with multiple...
📅 9 March 2018
The carrier completed its five-day visit. Officials called it evidence of closer ties; military cooperation developed alongside work to address the material consequences of U.S. warfare.
📅 1 October 2018
Vietnam sent a level-two field hospital to South Sudan. This was Vietnam’s own multilateral diplomatic choice, beyond bilateral relations with its former U.S. adversary; the unit included women...
📅 27 October 2018
Vietnamese personnel officially took command after deploying earlier that month, marking an operational step in Vietnam’s independent multilateral peacekeeping role.
📅 7 November 2018
The ceremony marked completion of remediation at a former U.S. herbicide site. It reduced contamination at one hotspot but did not resolve wider health, environmental, or compensation claims.
📅 26 February 2019
Vietnam hosted the summit, demonstrating diplomatic capacity and drawing symbolic attention to a country shaped by war and reunification. The talks concerned the Korean Peninsula.
📅 27 February 2019
The leaders began talks on denuclearization and bilateral relations. Vietnam’s host role reflected active diplomacy after colonial rule and war.
📅 28 February 2019
The summit concluded without a deal. Vietnam provided the venue and security, but the negotiating powers controlled the outcome.
📅 5 December 2019
Vietnam and the U.S. marked the long-term cleanup at a major former U.S. herbicide storage site. Primarily U.S.-funded and jointly implemented, the project underscores a continuing burden on...
📅 5 December 2019
Officials signed a $65 million program supporting people with disabilities in areas affected by Agent Orange and UXO. This assistance was not a settlement of responsibility or comprehensive...
📅 5 March 2020
The carrier began a five-day visit during the 25th year of normalized relations. It was the second U.S. carrier visit and took place alongside unfinished work on UXO, dioxin, and wartime accounting.
📅 9 March 2020
The five-day visit ended as the pandemic began reshaping travel. It continued defense contact between former adversaries while war legacy work remained unfinished.
📅 6 May 2020
The leaders discussed bilateral ties and COVID-19 cooperation amid unresolved war legacies and expanding trade relations.
📅 11 July 2020
The anniversary commemorated 1995 normalization. Official statements highlighted cooperation on dioxin, UXO, and missing people. The date holds different meanings for state narratives, refugees, and...
📅 17 July 2020
The education ministry and Peace Corps signed program terms, following a 2016 framework agreement. The sequence shows how bilateral commitments required later negotiation.
📅 25 January 2021
The Party congress set national priorities and elected senior leaders. This domestic political history frames state choices on development and foreign relations and should not be conflated with U.S....
📅 29 September 2021
The leaders spoke about bilateral and regional matters after pandemic disruption and ahead of deeper strategic ties, with legacy issues still shaping relations.
📅 14 June 2022
Sherman met officials, affirmed support for an independent Vietnam, and discussed humanitarian cooperation. Vietnamese leaders advanced their own priorities and strategic balance.
📅 12 October 2022
Bonnie Jenkins discussed U.S. cooperation with Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos on UXO and missing-person accounting, documenting policy while describing civilian exposure and uneven cleanup resources.
📅 25 July 2023
The State Department reviewed cooperation on UXO, dioxin, and missing people. Its account should be read beside Vietnamese sources and community testimony.
📅 10 September 2023
Biden arrived at Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s invitation. The visit reflected Vietnam’s diplomacy and effort to deepen relations while retaining an independent foreign policy.
📅 10 September 2023
The leaders announced a new high-level framework, affirming sovereignty and political systems. The move formed part of Vietnam’s own strategy of balancing relationships.
📅 16 April 2024
Vietnam transferred two sets of remains and called for greater U.S. support for remediation and searches for missing Vietnamese soldiers.
📅 16 July 2024
Four sets of remains believed to be U.S. personnel were transferred. Repeated handovers invite comparison with public resources and attention for Vietnam’s missing.
📅 10 September 2024
The ceremony coincided with the first anniversary of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, linking humanitarian accounting and a newer strategic framework.
📅 10 September 2024
Austin and Phan Văn Giang signed an updated defense statement that included humanitarian and war legacy cooperation.
📅 5 December 2024
The governments transferred remains believed to be U.S. personnel missing from the war. A full account also asks how public resources can reflect Vietnam’s larger number of missing people.
📅 19 March 2025
AP reported that an aid freeze halted Bien Hòa work and disrupted UXO clearance and disability support. This is attributed reporting, exposing the risks communities face when remediation depends on...
📅 19 April 2025
The handover came before the 50th anniversary of the war’s end and the 30th anniversary of normalization, highlighting sustained U.S. MIA accounting beside Vietnam’s larger search.
📅 30 April 2025
At the state ceremony, Tô Lâm framed April 30 as liberation and reunification after colonial rule. Many refugees remember defeat, flight, family separation, and the fall of South Vietnam; these...
📅 30 April 2025
The national ceremony and parade marked five decades since reunification. Official celebration and diaspora mourning use different frames for April 30, making the commemoration a site of contested...
📅 11 July 2025
The anniversary marked the 1995 restoration of ties. War legacies, trade dependence, and differing political systems remained part of a relationship remembered differently by state and diaspora...
