Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the US Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on November 22 announced a new initiative to spur private sector-driven sustainable and inclusive growth across Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) increase economic, trade and investment cooperation to raise their two-way trade to US$50 billion in the next five years.

VOV.VN - US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper had a short talk with Hanh McPherson who taught him Vietnamese in the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) and sent greetings on Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20).

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers the United States one of its leading partners and wishes to promote bilateral relations in a substantive, stable and deep manner on the basis of basic principles.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 17 on the sidelines of the ongoing 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

VOV.VN - Contact activities and high-level visits by leaders from Vietnam and the United States will be announced at an appropriate time, according to Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasized that Vietnam's comprehensive cooperative partnership with the US will continue to develop once effective and successful links between firms of both sides are achieved.

VOV.VN - The United States has risen to become the country’s second trading partner, with trade turnover exceeding US$100 billion.

The 16th Vietnam-US labour dialogue took place in Hanoi on November 16, gathering representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the US Department of Labour, and the US Embassy in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to expand cooperation with Oregon in areas of mutual interest and those that the US state has strengths, such as urban governance, health care, education, trade and investment, mayor Phan Van Mai told Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon at a meeting in the southern hub on November 16.