Vietnamese delegation visits the United States on postwar humanitarian issues

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...

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...

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...

President Barack Obama and President Trương Tấn Sang announced an overarching framework for cooperation. It included trade, security, education, human rights, and war-legacy issues. The framework...

At their sixth political, security, and defense dialogue, the governments discussed POW/MIA accounting, Agent Orange and dioxin, and unexploded ordnance alongside broader regional issues. The...