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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has granted an exclusive interview to VietnamPlus, the online newspaper run by the Vietnam News Agency, ahead of his upcoming visit to Vietnam slated for July 29-30.

There is enormous cooperation potential between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which could propel the two countries’ collaborative ties forward.

Visiting Brazilian Minister of External Relations Mauro Luiz Vieira expressed his high expectations for the Brazilian President’s upcoming visit to Vietnam and the prospects of the bilateral ties during a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on July 27.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations in collaboration with its Laos counterpart held a friendship exchange from July 25-27 in Laos’ Khammuane province, aiming to strengthen their cooperative ties and promote the Vietnam-Lao traditional relations.

Vietnamese art, fashion and music will be introduced at Vietnamese Cultural Days in Washington DC and New York City from August 8 to 12 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City has concluded a US visit to the US to bolster cooperation.

Vietnam’s Trade Office in Paraguay met with local businesses in the framework of an international trade fair on July 17 in Paraguay with the aim of introducing Vietnamese goods to Paraguayan importers.

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on July 14 issued a statement on the 20th anniversary of the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was among important matters discussed during the visit.

Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, pledged continued efforts to foster bilateral ties, especially in constructing the Viet Nhat university.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the US, and his talks with US President Barack Obama significantly contribute to enhancing mutual trust and opening up more opportunities for the exchange and cooperation between the two sides, a scholar of the Republic of Korea (RoK) commented.

A meeting was held between senior officials of the southern province of Binh Phuoc and the Cambodian provinces of Kratie, Mondulkiri and Tabong Khmum on July 10 to review their cooperation in the past year.

Since the normalisation of relations 20 years ago, economic relations between Vietnam and the US have developed strongly in many sectors, and are expected to grow even further in the future, especially after the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is signed. The Vietnam News Agency talked to several experts about this issue.