Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Hoang VanPhong was among the guests at the event.
The USambassador and minister Phong highlighted the positive developments inVietnam-US relations over the past time.
They expressed theirhope that bilateral ties would further be strengthened in the frameworkof friendly, active and constructive partnership and multi-facetedcooperation for the sake of both peoples as well as for peace, stabilityand development in the region and the world at large.
Onbehalf of the Vietnamese government and people, minister Phong extendedcongratulations to the US government, congress and people on theirnational day.
He also took this occasion to thank AmbassadorMichalak for his active contributions to strengthening bilateralrelations./.