Vietnamese Agent Orange plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their case

The maritime agreement delimiting the Gulf of Tonkin entered into force after ratification procedures were completed. It set boundaries for territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, and...

Judge Jack Weinstein dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against chemical manufacturers. The ruling rejected the legal theories advanced in the case, leaving Vietnamese victims without a U.S. court...

The anniversary was marked through official celebrations in Vietnam and commemorations among Vietnamese communities abroad. Many in Vietnam framed the day through reunification and national...

Phan Văn Khải began an official visit and met President George W. Bush. The visit marked a new diplomatic phase ten years after relations were restored. It carried economic and regional agendas...

The governments affirmed growing economic ties and cooperation while recognizing continuing differences. The statement followed a high-level visit that had symbolic weight as the first by a Vietnamese...

The Communist Party of Vietnam opened its tenth national congress in Hanoi. Delegates reviewed the first two decades of Đổi Mới and set economic and political priorities for 2006–2010. The congress...

The congress concluded after electing a new Central Committee and adopting its political and socioeconomic program. Its agenda linked industrialization and poverty reduction to continued market...

The governments announced an agreement in principle on bilateral market access, a step toward Vietnam’s WTO accession and U.S. congressional consideration of permanent normal trade relations. The...

The agreement formalized bilateral terms negotiated as part of Vietnam’s WTO accession. It moved the two states toward expanded trade after decades of war and a U.S. embargo, but accession also...

The working party accepted the documents spelling out Vietnam’s accession rights and commitments after more than eleven years of negotiations. Completion did not itself make Vietnam a member: approval...