Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong welcomed a delegation of US senators, led by Vice Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations Patrick Leahy, during a reception in Hanoi on April 18 to mark the beginning of their visit to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on August 27 sent messages of condolences to the family of US Senator John McCain and leaders of the US Senate over the death of the senator.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the US will continue its cooperation with US parliamentarians’ offices, for the interests of both countries, said Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with a delegation of US parliamentarians led by Ted Yoho, Chairman of the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee at the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in Hanoi on October 16.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc voiced his delight at the development of relations between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the US Congress while holding phone talks with some key parliamentarians in Washington D.C on May 31 (local time).
Vietnam attaches importance to promoting relations with the new administration and Congress of the US, towards further developing the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership in a practical, effective, stable and long-term manner, a Vietnamese diplomat has stressed.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien and US members of parliament have discussed issues of shared concern such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee met Jeffrey R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh reiterated
Vietnam’s commitments to negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
while meeting Minority Leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy
Pelosi in Hanoi on March 31.
US members of parliament have spoken highly of the US-Vietnam
Comprehensive Partnership framework during meetings with Vietnamese
Ambassador to the United States Pham Quang Vinh in Washington.
Ranking Member Eni Faleomavaega of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on
Asia and the Pacific on June 27 expressed disappointment with the
mark-up by the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee of
H.R. 1897, the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013.
The Vietnamese and US people in New York raised funds for the Vietnamese
Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims at a get-together on July 27, as part
of a campaign to seek justice for the victims.
Vietnam attaches importance to its cooperation with the US and
wishes to develop the relationship both bilaterally and multilaterally,
said National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien.
A delegation from the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee
led by its chairman Phung Quoc Hien visited the US capital city of
Washington from July 12 to 15.
A recent visit by a delegation of
Vietnamese AO victims has helped the Vietnamese community in the US as
well as US parliamentarians and students have a more comprehensive
understanding about the aftermaths of Agent Orange/dioxin for humans and
the environment in Vietnam.
