Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's Visit to the U.S. (June 2008)

President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Dung of Vietnam (06/24/2008)

PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, welcome to the Oval Office. I fondly remember my trip to your country. I remember the wonderful hospitality that you and your government gave to Laura and me. I remember the thousands of people lining the street of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, and it was just a memorable trip. So it's my honor to welcome you back here.  We had a good dialogue. We talked about economic cooperation. We talked about educational cooperation. We talked about the need to work together on the environment. I thanked the Prime Minister for his work on accounting for the POWs and MIAs. We discussed the neighborhood, the region. We talked about freedom -- religious and political freedom, and I told the Prime Minister that I thought the strides that the government is making toward religious freedom is noteworthy. And I appreciated the efforts that he and his government are making. more ...
 

USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore’s Visit Vietnam, July 3-5

Administrator Henrietta Fore rings the gong to open the daily transaction of HASTC.

Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, visited Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City July 3-5. She met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy Finance Minister Tran Xuan Ha, and Minister/Chairman of the Office of the Government Nguyen Xuan Phuc, visited the Hanoi Securities Trading Center, the Hanoi College of Information Technology, and participated in a ceremony to dedicate USAID/Vietnam's upgrade in status to a full country Mission. Speaking to journalists in Hanoi on July 4, Administrator Fore stressed that the upgrading of the USAID Office in Hanoi to the full mission status reflected the growing importance of diplomatic and economic relations between Vietnam and the U.S. as well as USAID commitments to assisting Vietnam’s economic reforms and expanding assistance to other areas. She said that USAID would provide further aid to the nation in areas like healthcare, education, environmental protection, government reforms and humanitarian assistance. This year, USAID will earmark around US$70 million for Vietnam, $45 million of which has been allotted for programs focusing on fighting HIV/AIDS.

USNS Mercy visited Nha Trang for Pacific Partnership 2008, June 19-29

PP08 doctors and volunteers provide dental care to local people at a school in Khanh Hoa.

U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy visited Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province from June 19-29 as a part of Pacific Partnership 2008 (PP08), which is a multinational, multi-agency humanitarian assistance mission that is currently ongoing in the Asia Pacific region. During the 11-day visit, medical teams from the ship, joined by Vietnamese doctors and volunteers, treated over 11,000 patients and performed over 230 medical procedures on board the Mercy for the people of Vietnam. In addition, U.S. Navy Seabees and engineers from the U.S. and partner nations performed repair and construction projects at three clinics, one social house and a rehabilitation and education center for disabled children. The Pacific Partnership mission was made possible through the joint efforts of the Government of Vietnam, local health care professionals, medical and engineering professionals from the militaries of Australia, Canada, India, Republic of Korea and Singapore, as well as volunteers from the U.S. Public Health Service and several non-governmental organizations.