Vietnam and the United States sign a defense cooperation memorandum

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...

The congress concluded after adopting its resolution and selecting Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary. The new leadership framed development and national independence as linked projects. 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...

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...

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence and USAID began a joint cleanup project at Da Nang airport, a former U.S. herbicide-storage and loading site. The project was a concrete step toward addressing...

Presidents Trương Tấn Sang and Barack Obama announced a framework for cooperation on trade, education, health, science, security, and regional issues. The partnership reflected a postwar diplomatic...