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Vietnam values and places great importance on support from international partners, including the US, which it considers a leading strategic partner.

The trip by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to attend the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79), and hold working sessions in the US is expected to provide fresh opportunities for trade ties with the US.

Vietnam always considers the United States a strategically important partner, newly elected President To Lam told Ambassador of the United States to Vietnam Marc Knapper in Hanoi on June 13.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President Joe Biden have agreed to make technology, innovation and investment become a new important pillar in the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

PSNews - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has sent a congratulatory message to Vietnam on the country’s National Day (September 2) and expressed his looking forward to U.S. President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Vietnam to plan for the two nations’ shared future.

Natural fresh dehusked coconuts from Vietnam have officially been licensed to enter the US market, with the fruit product expected to bring in US$1 billion in the near future, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Vietnam supports international efforts to mobilize more resources for drug prevention and control at the national, regional and international levels.

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced an extension for the decision making process regarding the final conclusion on the investigation of the product scope for wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

PSNews - The project, funded by the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), started in July 2020 with a funding of over 88,000 USD, preserving 500 degraded plates of woodblock at the National Archives Centre IV.

PSNews - Vietnam is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country. The State consistently implements the policy of respecting and ensuring people’s freedom of belief and religion, their right to/not to follow a religion, as well as the equality and non-discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, while protecting religious organizations’s activities by law.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) recently unveiled an extension of the deadline for issuing its final conclusion on a trade remedy duty evasion probe that has been taking place into several goods imported from the Vietnamese market.

PSNews - According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the trade turnover between Vietnam and the United States have significantly decreased during the first four months of 2023.

The United States made up Vietnam’s largest export market with an estimated turnover reaching US$28.4 billion during the first four months of the year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Prestigious website CNN Travel of the United States has named Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh in its list of the top 25 most beautiful places worldwide.

PSNews - The US’s decision to put Vietnam in the special watch list on religious freedom is based on unobjective assessment and inaccurate information regarding the situation of freedom of religion and belief in Vietnam, Foreign Ministry deputy spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press briefing on December 15.

Vietnamese and US Defence Ministers have assessed that the joint comprehensive partnership is continuing to develop both well and effectively across multiple fields, including defence co-operation.

The US represents the country’s largest export market, with a total of 11 items reaching over US$1 billion, according to figures given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

PSNews - According to the VASEP, additional Vietnamese companies have been licensed to export pangasius to the US, while the consumption demand for this kind of catfish in China is forecast to pick up on a shortage of supply sources.

General To Lam, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam (MPS) had a meeting with Mr. Marc Knapper, United States Ambassador to Vietnam, on March 23.

Vietnamese enterprises have encountered numerous difficulties when attempting to export goods to the United States and Europe, including facing a shortage of empty containers and a high sea freight rate, according to industry insiders.