Vietnam and the U.S. announce a Peace Corps program

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...

ASEAN formally launched its Economic Community, advancing a regional project that Vietnam had joined as a member and helped chair. The initiative promoted an integrated regional market, but its impact...

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 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...

A presidential memorandum directed U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Vietnam had negotiated the pact to expand markets; the U.S. decision changed its prospects and showed the...

Phúc began the first official Vietnamese prime-ministerial visit under Trump. Talks covered trade, security, and regional affairs as Vietnam pursued cooperation while asserting independent relations.

The leaders discussed bilateral relations and issued a joint statement. The meeting expanded ties but did not resolve political-rights disagreements or the unequal burdens left by war.