ASEAN Economic Community is formally launched

The anniversary was commemorated in Vietnam as reunification and national victory, while many refugees and diaspora communities marked loss, defeat, and forced migration. These memories are not...

Trọng began a visit to Washington that included a meeting with President Obama. It was the first visit to the United States by a sitting Communist Party general secretary and a symbolic development in...

The meeting brought together the U.S. president and Vietnam’s party leader, a high-profile recognition of the relationship’s transformation. Discussions covered trade, security, human rights, and...

The statement affirmed cooperation on trade, security, education, and war-legacy issues, including POW/MIA accounting and unexploded ordnance. It also named respect for sovereignty and political...

Trade ministers announced the conclusion of TPP negotiations. Vietnam entered a major regional trade pact whose rules covered tariffs, labor, investment, and regulation. Supporters stressed market...

During President Obama’s visit, Washington announced the end of the arms-sales ban. The decision represented a major change in security relations, while the joint statement linked cooperation to...

During Obama’s visit, the U.S. announced it would lift its remaining ban on lethal-arms sales. The policy shift did not erase the unequal history of U.S. intervention or continuing war harms.

The governments announced a Peace Corps program in Vietnam, extending educational exchange within a relationship shaped by war and negotiated foreign presence.

The speech acknowledged difficult history and discussed sovereignty, trade, regional order, and rights. It is a U.S. president’s account of reconciliation, not a comprehensive record of Vietnamese...

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...