Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong receives US President Donald Trump during his visit to Vietnam for the second US–DPRK Summit (Hanoi, February 27, 2019). Photo: VNA
State President Tran Dai Quang hosts the official welcome ceremony for US President Barack Obama during his State visit to Vietnam (May 23, 2016). Photo: VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presents former US President Bill Clinton with the Vietnamese edition of My Life (Doi toi Bill Clinton), published by the Ministry of Public Security Publishing House (Hanoi, November 14, 2010). Photo: VNA
On the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th UN General Assembly, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam meets US President Joe Biden (September 25, 2024). Photo: VNA
Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet announces the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States (Hanoi, morning of July 12, 1995). Photo: VNA
General Vo Nguyen Giap meets former US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara and former commanders on opposite sides of the war for the first time in person since normalisation (Hanoi, November 9, 1995). Photo: VNA
During his visit to Vietnam, US Senator John McCain reunites with Mai Van On, who captured and saved him after his A-4 Skyhawk was shot down over Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi on October 26, 1967 (Hanoi, November 13, 1996). Photo: VNA
A repatriation ceremony for the remains of US military personnel held at Noi Bai Airport (1995) (Photo: VNA)
US President Bill Clinton and First Lady meet Vietnamese victims of unexploded ordnance left from the war during his official visit to Vietnam (November 18, 2000). President Clinton was the first US head of state to visit Vietnam since the war ended 25 years earlier. Photo: VNA
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International Hung Yen urban, eco-tourism, golf complex - the first Trump-branded project in Vietnam (Hung Yen, May 21, 2025). Photo: VNA
US Navy ship USS Blue Ridge and US Coast Guard vessel Waesche dock at Cam Ranh International Port, beginning a goodwill visit to Khanh Hoa province from July 8–12, 2024. Photo: VNA
Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper detonate unexploded ordnance at Huong Tan commune, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province (April 2, 2025). Photo: VNA
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits the New York Stock Exchange (May 16, 2022). Photo: VNA
New chapter of Vietnam–US partnership after 30 years of normalisation
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States (July 11, 1995 - US time; July 12, 1995 - Vietnam time). Over the past three decades, bilateral relations have grown robustly across multiple fields. The two countries established a Comprehensive Partnership in 2013, and upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in September 2023, opening a new chapter in bilateral cooperation.
