Vietnam considers the US a strategically important partner and wishes to work closely with the US to effectively advance their comprehensive strategic partnership across various sectors, including locality-to-locality ties, particularly with California.
NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh (right) presents a souvenir to California's State Treasurer Fiona Ma at their meeting on March 17. (Photo: VNA)
Washington, D.C. (VNA) – California state of t𒀰he US has always considered﷽ Vietnam a top partner and places high priority on promoting its relationship with the country, said State Treasurer Fiona Ma.
Receiving Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh on March 17 as part of the latter's US trip to attend the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Ma praised Vietnam's dynamism, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that she felt when leading a trade delegation to the nation in November 2024. Looking forward, she proposed deepening collaboration in priority areas such as sci-tech, education-training, and tourism.
For her part, Thanh hailed California as a global tech hub, an economic powerhouse and home to the largest Vietnamese community globally. She highlighted thriving partnerships between California and Vietnamese localities in recent years, including twinning ties between San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, and Riverside and Can Tho.
The Vietnamese official thanked California’s administration for supporting the Vietnamese community, making it one of the most successful in the US. With Vietnam seeing human resource development as a strategic breakthrough for future growth, she urged the California authorities, particularly State Treasurer, to expand educational ties through joint training partnerships, especially in higher education.
NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh and the Vietnamese delegation at a discussion with Senator Josh Becker, Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications (Photo: VNA)
In a separate discussion with Senator Josh Becker, Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, Thanh reaffirmed that Vietnam considers the US a strategically important partner and wishes to work closely with the US to effectively advance their comprehensive strategic partnership across various sectors, including locality-to-locality ties, particularly with California.
She underscored the significance of parliamentary ties within the broader Vietnam-US relationship, with California’s legislature being a priority.
Becker voiced strong support for closer California-Vietnam relations, particularly through parliamentary channels. Noting growing interest from California firms in Vietnam’s renewable energy sector, he pledged the state’s assistance to Vietnam by sharing its expertise in clean energy and reliable power grid development.
The same day, Thanh met with prominent Vietnamese intellectuals and business leaders in California, following an earlier meeting with staff from the Vietnamese Consulate General in San Francisco and representatives of Vietnamese agencies on the West Coast of the US./.
Vietnam’s consistent policy is to foster a balanced, sustainable, stable, and win-win economic relationship with the US, the minister stated. Vietnam does not intend to create any barriers that could negatively impact the US’s workers or its economic and national security, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said.
NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh expressed her delight at the positive progress in the Vietnam - US relations, highlighting 2025 as a significant milestone marking 30 years since the normalisation of their ties.
Vietnam considers the US a key strategic partner and prioritises expanding cooperation with the American country at the global, regional and bilateral spheres, with a higher degree of mutual understanding and trust, National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai said.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in socio-economic development and international integration in recent years, noting that the country has emerged as a model in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting international peace and security, and engaging in key UN processes.
Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
