VOV.VN - US Congressmen voiced the US’ strong support for ASEAN’s central role in the region and its active, constructive, and responsible engagement in regional co-operation during a working lunch held with ASEAN leaders in Washington D.C. on May 12 (local time).

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the HCM City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) signed a memorandum of understanding on May 11 to become strategic partners for helping small and medium enterprises scale up finance and participate in global supply chains.

Vietnam views the US as an important partner in the field of agriculture, stated Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan at a working session with representatives from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington D.C. on May 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to promote high-level visits and meetings and maintain bilateral cooperative mechanisms during their meeting ahead of the ASEAN-US Special Summit in the US.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Scott A. Nathan on May 12 (US time) as part of his trip to the US.

VOV.VN - Representatives of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC) all hailed Vietnam’s development potential and desired to expand cooperation with this market, during their May 12 meeting with visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnam is a leading important partner of the US in the Southeast Asian region, said Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington while talking to the Vietnam News Agency's resident correspondents in Washington D.C.

VOV.VN - The relationship between Vietnam and the United States over the past 27 years has grown steadily across multiple fields, with bilateral trade continuing to see strong growth, reaching more than US$111 billion in 2021.

VOV.VN - Many pundits in the United States believe that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's speech given at the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reflects several key issues facing the world, including solutions of global value.

VOV.VN - The United States Congress has consistently had senators who are highly supportive of ties with Vietnam, said Patrick Leahy, president pro tempore of the US Senate, during a recent meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who is on a working visit to the US.