DCM Minh Joins Families with Children from VN to Celebrate Vietnamese New Year

Wed, 02/06/2008 - 04:47

Deputy Chief of Mission Nguyen Tien Minh, Cultural Attache Nguyen The Cuong and Third Secretary Nguyen Sy Tue joined Families with Children from Vietnam living in Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland in a celebration ceremony for Tet - Amb_Phung___Tet_005.JPGVietnamese Lunar New Year in Arlington Virginia on February 2.

Foreign service contributes to national successes: Deputy PM.

Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:11

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem talked with the Viet Nam News Agency  on the service’s achievements and future orientations. He affirmed that the diplomatic service has made tremendous contributions to the country’s overall successes in 2007.khiem.bmp

United States House of Representatives Majority Leader Visits Vietnam

Positive dialogues will promote mutual understanding and help create mechanisms to narrow differences between Viet Nam and the US , State President Nguyen Minh Triet said.Havien_My.bmp

President Triet made the remarks while talking with Steny Hoyer, the United States House of Representatives Majority Leader, and Roy Blunt, the House Republican Whip in Ha Noi on January 3.

Viet Nam, US Prepare for TIFA Council’s Meeting

Vietnamese and US officials in charge of the Viet Nam-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) met in Washington D.C, on December 14 to prepare for the first meeting of the TIFA Council.

Co-chaired the meeting were Bui Huy Hung, Head of the Vietnamese Government Office’s Department for International Affairs and B. Weiser, Assistant to the US Trade Representative.

US Pacific Command Admiral on Viet Nam Visit

Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the US Pacific Command (USPACOM), is leading a delegation to visit Viet Nam from December 12-14 at the invitation of Lieutenant General Nguyen Duc Soat, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army (VPA).

Admiral Keating and Lieutenant General Soat held talks in Ha Noi on December 13 to exchange views of some international and regional issues of common concern.

Gov’t Officials Study Administrative Reform in the US

A delegation from the Vietnamese Government Office is visiting the US to inquire into the host country’s administrative reform experiences.

The Vietnamese officials, arrived in the US on December 12, had working sessions with those from the office for federal register of the US National Archives and Records Administration and the White House’s budget management department.

They also met with officials of the US Aid and Development Agency, the House of Representatives Law Revision Counsel Office and the US National Security Council.

US Wants Counterterrorism Cooperation with Vietnam

Vietnam and the US should further expand both sides' efforts to preserve regional stability, the US assistant secretary for political-military affairs said during his meeting Tuesday with a Vietnamese official.

The assistant secretary Stephen Mull told Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong the US wants to have a good working relationship with all the countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam.

US’s Institute for Global Engagement In Vietnam for Informal VN-US Dialogue on Religion

Thu, 11/08/2007 - 16:26

President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 8 received Chris Seiple, President of the US’s Institute for Global Engagement (IGE), who arrived in Viet Nam to attend a seminar on religion and rule of law in Ha Noi.

During the visit, running form Nov. 1-9, the delegation – the third from IGE to visit Viet Nam in the framework of informal Viet Nam-US dialogue on religion - toured Lao Cai province to learn about the implementation of the Party and State’s religious policy there.

Vietnam Expects More US Investors to Arrive

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has said that a sustainable economic growth and a safe and sound investment environment will make Viet Nam an attractive destination for US investors.

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