Will Vietnam be America’s next strategic partner ?
The momentum is now set for the two countries to announce their long overdue strategic partnership the next time their top leaders meet in person.
US names Vietnam among high-risk Delta variant countries
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its travel warnings Tuesday to include Vietnam in the group of high-risk countries due to rising infection numbers.
U.S. vice president Harris to visit Vietnam, Singapore
Kamala Harris will become the first U.S. vice president to visit Vietnam next month during a trip that will also include Singapore and is aimed at rallying international support to counter China’s growing influence.
US defence chief visits Vietnam to shore up support in Asia
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Vietnam looking to bolster security ties with Hanoi, one of several Southeast Asian nations embroiled in a dispute over the South China Sea.
Vietnam says more U.S. vaccine donations expected after first 5 million doses
Vietnam may get more COVID-19 vaccine donations from the United States as it struggles to control outbreaks of the fast-spreading Delta variant, the country’s ambassador to the United States said on Sunday.
Vietnam says agrees tech transfers on Russian, U.S. COVID-19 vaccines
Vietnam has reached agreements on technology transfers for Russian and U.S. coronavirus vaccines, the government said in a statement, without elaborating.
US resolves currency dispute with Vietnam
Biden administration deal removes an irritant in relations between the two countries
‘Iron Man’ to star in adaptation of award winning Vietnamese-American novel
After leaving Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr. will star in and co-produce the series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ‘The Sympathizer.’
Biden’s Vietnam ambassador nominee vows to press Hanoi on rights, trade
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam vowed at his Senate nomination hearing on Tuesday to boost security ties with Hanoi while seeking equitable market access and pressing Hanoi to respect human rights.
The US military should return to Vietnam
Recent conditions—and China’s provocative actions—have set the stage for a new relationship.
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.