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Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception for visiting former US President Barack Obama on December 9.

This unique event will open a new door for Vietnam’s tourism sector to welcome in a flood of international visitors from many potential markets.

US celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has died at the age of 61 as a result of suicide, the CNN network confirmed in a statement.

The upcoming State visit of US President Donald Trump to Vietnam on November 11-12 is expected to enable further growth of the Vietnam-US ties in the future.

The New York-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) has called for donations to support poor students in rural villages of Quang Ngai and Lam Dong provinces for the new school-year.

The US’s The National Interest online magazine on May 28 published an article by former Ambassador and head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN Nguyen Thanh Chau.

The official visit from May 29-31 will be the first trip to the US by Nguyen Xuan Phuc as Prime Minister of Vietnam and also the first time a Vietnamese senior leader will meet with US President Donald Trump since the countries had new leaders.

Secretary-General of the Vietnam-USA Society (VUS) Bui Van Nghi hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 23 for a delegation from the American Veterans Union (AVU), who are on a working trip to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh hosted on November 21 a talk on the Vietnam-US relations at the US National Academy of Public Administration.

Leaders of 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have agreed to step up efforts to implement the free trade agreement as US President-elect Donald Trump has opposed the deal.

Director of the US Peace Corps Carrie Hessler-Radelet is paying a working visit to Vietnam from October 31 to November 4, seeking to discuss when and how to implement the programme.

President Barack Obama on October 7 formally announced the lifting of US sanctions, which had been imposed on Myanmar for almost two decades.

US President Barack Obama began his official visit to Laos on September 6, which is the first to the Southeast Asian country made by a US president in history.

US President Barack Obama on September 6 pledged to provide Laos with 90 million USD to implement a three-year project to detect and remove dozens of millions of unexploded bombs dropped by the US.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make an official visit to the US from July 31 to August 5, reported the Prime Minister’s Office.

Vietnam - US bilateral relations have developed to a comprehensive partnership over 20 years after the normalisation of diplomatic ties (July 12, 1995).

President Tran Dai Quang has cabled a message of condolences to US President Barack Obama over the mass shooting in Orlando city, Florida state.

Hanoi was placed first in the list of the world’s 16 greatest cities for food selected by the UK’s Telegraph newspaper.

US President Barack Obama left Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, concluding his successful visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

US President Barack Obama met and talked with more than 800 young people at the Young Southeast Asia Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25.