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The Ho Chi Minh-based Hoa Sen University is set to launch an American Studies course this year, the first of its kind at a Vietnamese university.

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.

Vietnam highly values comprehensive partnership with the US, considering it one of the country’s top important partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper during a reception in Hanoi on November 20.

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.

“Vietnam’s being chosen as the host of the US-DPRK Summit shows that the world highly values the country,” Dr. Le Dinh Tinh said.

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Do Muoi for his dedication to national liberation, reunification and socialism building over more than 80 years of revolutionary career in an article commemorating the Party leader.

More than 200 organisation representatives and individuals came to the US Embassy in Hanoi to extend their sympathies over the death of US Senator John McCain from August 27-29, according to the embassy.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang on August 29 visited the US Centre in the city to pay tribute to US Senator John Sidney McCain III and write in the funeral book in memory of the deceased.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has extended a message of congratulations to the Vietnamese Government and people on Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 31 for Senator John McCain from the US Senate Committee on Armed Services.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will not seek a summit with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if it is to be only a one-time event, stated a RoK official.