The Eleventh Party Congress closes and elects Nguyễn Phú Trọng

The summit opened in Hanoi under Vietnam’s chairmanship, with leaders discussing implementation of the ASEAN Charter and community-building. For Vietnam, regional integration offered a route to...

Foreign ministers met in Hanoi for the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum. The meeting addressed regional security and multilateral cooperation. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly linked the...

Vietnam completed its one-year rotating chairmanship, having hosted high-level regional meetings and advanced ASEAN community plans. Regional institutions gave Vietnam diplomatic room to navigate...

Delegates met in Hanoi ahead of the formal opening. The congress was to review the previous five years and set a ten-year development strategy. Official materials presented renewal and modernization...

The congress opened with more than a thousand delegates and considered the party’s platform, development strategy, and political report. Its deliberations show the continuing centrality of the...

Officials met in Washington to discuss bilateral and regional security issues. The dialogue took place amid expanding ties and unresolved disagreements over human rights and the regional order. Both...

During the dialogue, the two defense ministries signed a memorandum identifying priority areas for cooperation. The agreement marked a new phase in security ties between former wartime adversaries,...

Clinton met Nguyễn Tấn Dũng during an official visit to Hanoi. Their discussions included trade and bilateral cooperation. The visit also unfolded amid U.S. concerns about rights and Vietnam’s efforts...

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyễn Chí Vịnh visited the United States to strengthen cooperation on humanitarian work and war consequences. Its agenda included unexploded...

The two governments launched remediation at a former U.S. air base where dioxin contamination was documented. Cooperation addressed a serious environmental and health legacy of herbicide use. The...