Washington, D.C., March 18 -- California state of the 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...