The planned merger of Can Tho with the neighbouring provinces of Hau Giang and Soc Trang is expected to open up new opportunities and unlock local potential, a municipal official has said.

Vietnam boasts a great opportunity to develop semiconductor and AI industries as it has abundant and well-trained young workforce, Dr. Richard Lawton Thurston, one of leading non-engineer semiconductor experts in the US, told Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at a meeting in Washington D.C on June 26.

A seminar on Vietnam – US relations was held by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C on January 23, bringing together officials, congressmen, scholars, and representatives from the US business community.

The upgrade of the Vietnam – US relations to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is a force for prosperity, cooperation and sustainable development in the region, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E.Knapper said at the press briefing on President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam on September 13.

The Stimson Center, a US-based nonpartisan policy research center, has scheduled an online conference titled “The U.S. – Vietnam Relationship and War Legacies: 25 Years into Normalization” on July 15.

At a reception in Hanoi on January 8 for visiting first CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Adam Boehler, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted that the visit manifests the trust and good will for cooperation with practical contributions to the bilateral relations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met the US President’s Special Envoy Robert O’Brien in Bangkok on November 4 on the sidelines of the ongoing 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Thailand.

Vietnamese and American veteran pilots, who were once enemies of each other in the air during the anti-US war, reunited in Hanoi on October 3 for the third time.

Vice President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) Bui The Giang received in Hanoi on March 14 a delegation of the US Fund for Reconciliation and Development led by its Director John Francis McAuliff.

Vietnamese and US veterans exchanged their views on war losses and the building of a better future at a conference held by the Vietnam – USA Society (VUS) in Hanoi on March 6.