VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has expressed its regret that the United States has yet to recognized Vietnam’s market economy status though it acknowledged positive changes in the economy in recent times.

The US will back Da Nang in combating transnational crime, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the US Department of State Shelby Smith-Wilson said at a meeting with officials of the city on August 1.

VOV.VN - The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the initiation of a second administrative review of the anti-dumping duty order into Vietnamese honey, according to the Trad Remedies Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Despite the three previous rejections by courts in the US, the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) is suing US chemical companies that supported the US military to spray AO/dioxin in Vietnam during wartime, VAVA Vice President Maj. Gen. Nguyen Hong Son said on July 30.

VOV.VN - The United States is viewed as both the market with the most trade defence investigations into Vietnamese exports and the country with the most trade defence investigations into members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with many other markets.

VOV.VN - Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law at the Vietnam Coast Guard Command has expressed his hope that the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) will augment cooperation with the Vietnam Coast Guard and Border Guard amid complicated developments of drug and human trafficking crimes.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports are anticipated to bring back more than US$7 billion this year thanks to continued high demand in the global market, according to industry insiders.

The US Commerce Department has delayed a decision on whether to upgrade Vietnam to market economy status by about a week, due to the IT disruptions from the CrowdStrike software problems.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his trip to Vietnam to offer incense in tribute to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and extend condolences to his spouse and family, handed over a letter of condolences from President Joe Biden to President To Lam on July 27 evening.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, empowered by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the third Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) Foreign Ministerial Meeting held in Vientiane, Laos, on July 27.