US sends Vietnam 2 million Covid vaccine doses
The United States sent Vietnam two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, the White House said, in its latest assistance to countries struggling to tame the pandemic.
The U.S. risks losing out from its own trade push in Vietnam
The Trump administration pressured the country to award big LNG projects to American companies. Some of them may not materialize.
Bamboo Airways talks up ambitious Vietnam-USA routes
Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways is poised to launch direct charter services to the US West Coast, with a long-term eye on California’s Vietnamese diaspora.
US CDC lists Vietnam in group of safest countries for travel
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased travel restrictions to many countries and territories, and placed Vietnam in its list of safest destinations.
US to sell trainer aircraft to Vietnam
The U.S. has agreed to sell T-6 trainer aircraft to Vietnam to help improve pilot training, Pacific Air Forces Commander Kenneth Wilsbach said on Friday.
Vietnam’s Vingroup plots ambitious push into US car market
Conglomerate seeks to sell high-end vehicles including electric cars as it ponders US IPO
Vietnam seeks US support for buying, producing Covid vaccines
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has written to U.S. President Joe Biden, seeking help for Vietnam to source Covid-19 vaccines and research and produce its own.
U.S. business chamber calls on Vietnam to ease quarantine, free up vaccines
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) urged Vietnam on Monday to ease its lengthy quarantine period for vaccinated travellers and allow the private sector to help procure COVID-19 vaccines for their employees in the Southeast Asian country.
Bamboo Airways gets ready to launch Vietnam-US direct flights
Bamboo Airways is finalising preparations to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles of the US, starting Sept 1,2021.
US removes Vietnam, Switzerland from currency manipulator list
In its semi-annual report to Congress on currency manipulation, the first under the Biden administration, the US Treasury Department said that no country currently meets the US criteria as a manipulator.
U.S. trade chief raises concerns on Vietnam currency policy
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai raised concerns about Vietnam’s currency practices during a virtual meeting on Thursday with the country’s trade minister.
Biden can address Vietnam’s currency valuation without Section 301
Less than a week before leaving office in January, the Trump administration released the result of its investigation into Vietnam’s currency practices.
Vietnam would be pleased with the Biden administration… For the most part
Relations are set to continue on their upward trajectory, though there remain certain areas of concern.
Vietnam, ASEAN, and the US-China Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific
An interview with Le Hong Hiep.
Is Vietnam open to Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy ?
As soon as he took office in 2017, former US president Donald Trump adopted the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy to maintain US influence and presence in the region and restrain China. Trump’s then US secretary of defense James…
Vietnam’s richest man plans electric car factory in the U.S.
Vietnamese electric-vehicle startup VinFast plans to open a U.S. factory after setting up a 50-member San Francisco research office as it prepares for California automobile sales in 2022.
Vietnam War vet uses French niche to claim Agent Orange justice
She’s been a war correspondent, a soldier and an educator. Today, at 80, she’s also a victim crusading tirelessly for Agent Orange justice.
Vietnam’s Vinfast gets permit to test self-driving vehicles in California
Vietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said on Monday it had obtained a permit to test autonomous vehicles on public streets in California.
In Vietnam’s power plants, US finds a counter to China’s belt and road
To deal with a looming power shortage, Vietnam has turned to US investors rather than China’s regional infrastructure investment programme. Cleaner energy, rising anti-China sentiment and less risky investment are among Hanoi’s considerations, as is balancing Beijing in the South…
US warship sails near South China Sea islands
A US warship sailed near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Friday in a freedom of navigation operation, the U.S. Navy said.
How US-Vietnam ties might go off the rails
Will Washington’s burgeoning strategic relationship with Hanoi come unstuck over human rights concerns ?
Vietnam, US finish first part of dioxin cleanup at Bien Hoa airbase
American and Vietnamese personnel have removed dioxin from an area of 5,300 square meters at Bien Hoa airport, the most contaminated spot in Vietnam.
Wanted : Communist Party leadership to keep Vietnam in sweet spot amid U.S.-China tensions
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party gathers for a congress next week that will help shape the country’s global role for the next five years, selecting new leaders and setting policy as tensions bubble with Beijing and Joe Biden settles in at…
U.S. won’t penalize Vietnam for alleged currency manipulation
The Trump administration said Vietnam’s currency practices, including « excessive foreign exchange market interventions, » hurt American businesses, but that it decided not to take any punitive action.
Vietnam War photographer receives National Medal of Arts from Trump
Nick Ut has been honored with the U.S. National Medal of Arts award for his iconic Vietnam War photo, ‘Napalm Girl’.
Why the flag of South Vietnam flew at US Capitol siege
The violent mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 carried symbols expressing the purpose of their insurrectionist campaign to derail Joe Biden’s electoral certification.