Measures implemented by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to fight off the dollarisation of the economy, highlighted by the zero per cent interest rate for deposits made in US dollar, have produced positive effects in stabilising the exchange market, increasing foreign reserves, remittance flows and foreign investments, said economists and exchange market experts.

A seminar has been held in the US to connect businesses of Vietnam and the US, as well as seek cooperation opportunities in the fields of energy, manufacturing, insurance and finance.

Seven Vietnamese cueists will vie for a huge bonus at the 47th US Open Pool Championship which will be held in Atlantic City , New Jersey, from August 19-24.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed that Vietnam always regards the US as a partner of strategic importance at his reception for US Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper in Hanoi on August 15.

VOV.VN - The US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) co-hosted a ceremony on August 12 as part of efforts to welcome California peaches and nectarines officially imported into Vietnam for the first time.

Several Vietnamese in the US have expressed their confidence in the homeland’s stability and development under the leadership of State President To Lam who was recently elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.

A solemn ceremony was held in the northern city of Hai Phong on August 10 to disperse the ashes of Merle Ratner, a leftist and anti-war activist of the US and also a close friend of Vietnam.

The cremated ashes of Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war US activist and a friend of Vietnam, left New York for Vietnam at a ceremony held by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam in New York, her relatives and friends on August 7.

VOV.VN - US President Joe Biden has congratulated Vietnamese President To Lam on his election as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always regards the United States as a partner of strategic importance in bilateral relations, Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC), and chairman of the PCC's Commission for Information and Education, said at a reception on August 7 in Hanoi for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper.