US Vice President Kamala Harris could visit Vietnam and Singapore in August, although no final decision has been made on the details of the visit, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on July 26. The source said that…
An unofficial source said that, at the end of this July, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Vietnam and two other Southeast Asian countries, Singapore and the Philippines. This visit of Mr. Lloyd Austin is considered to “clear the…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Vietnam at the end of July during his Asia tour starting July 23 to countries including Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. The US Embassy in Hanoi posted this notice on Facebook on July…
The US Department of Finance and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on July 19 reached an agreement to address Washington’s concerns about Hanoi’s monetary behavior amid reports of the Biden’s administration considering levying tariffs on goods from the Southeast…
The US government has re-committed to a comprehensive partnership with Vietnam and wants to strengthen cooperation with the government of the Southeast Asian country in many areas, including maritime security, according to the White House. A new statement released by…
Dow Chemical, one of the American multinational companies that Tran To Nga sued in a French court, said that they were not responsible for the “wartime” problem when the US military sprayed Agent Orange over Vietnam and this case should…
On the evening of May 27, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held phone talks to discuss bilateral relations, human rights, the East Sea (South China Sea) situation, and other issues, according to…
The USCGC John Midgett Coast Guard vessel has completed the procedures for flagging Vietnam as well as the final test run and will be handed over to Vietnam by the US at the end of this month. Former Vietnamese Ambassador…
Threats from China Until recent years, China’s rise in many fields has made the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) area a dangerous “gunpowder barrel” in the world. China’s important goal is to monopolize the sea, thereby…
Vietnamese airlines have been excited about direct flights to the US. However, the biggest difficulty is not technical, but commercial, even under the controlled Covid 19 pandemic. Ambition to flight to the US In early November last year, Bamboo Airways…
