The US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a ceremony on June 23 to celebrate the 247th anniversary of the US Independence Day (July 4, 1776-2023).

Vietnam recognises the more positive assessment made in the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report by the US Department of State, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang told a regular press briefing on June 22.

VOV.VN - The United States has moved to drop Vietnam from its the monitoring list for currency manipulation as the Southeast Asian nation exceeded the threshold for the criterion of surplus of trade in goods and services with the US.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese durian exports reached US$503.4 million during the opening five months of the year, representing an 18-fold rise compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes to become a financial technology hub (Fintech hub), a model similar to that of US Wall Street in New York city, according to Lam Dinh Thang, director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications.

The “For peace and friendship among nations” insignias, the most noble award of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), have been conferred upon three US friends for their contributions to preventing the US war in Vietnam, addressing the consequences of the war, reconciling and promoting the Vietnam-US people-to-people exchanges.

A book entitled "Bac Ho voi cac Tong thong My" (Uncle Ho with US Presidents) has freshly been released, giving insights into the late President's diplomatic efforts to seek and set up relations with the US since the early years of his journey to seek a way for national liberation worldwide until his last years as the leader of the Vietnamese revolution for independence.

VOV.VN - The US Embassy partnered with the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion on June 13 to conduct the ninth “Give Blood and Keep the World Beating” blood drive in Hanoi aimed at supporting the national blood supply.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese firm Ca Men is set to export between four million and five million snakehead fish porridge products to the United States via official channels from now to 2026 through US distributor LNS International Corporation.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring high global inflation, Vietnam’s seafood exports are anticipated to recover ahead in the remaining months of the year, according to figures given by VNDIRECT Securities Corporation.