HCM City, June 26 -- A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26 to mark the 249th anniversary of the US' Independence Day (July 4, 1776-2025) and the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US (1995-2025), underscoring the warm and growing friendship between the people of HCM City and the US. Speaking at the event, organised by the HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO), Standing Vice Chairman of the HCM City People's Council and Chairman of the Vietnam - US Friendship Association of HCM City Pham Thanh Kien recalled that shortly after Vietnam's independence, a Vietnam - US friendship association was established as the first bilateral people-to-people friendship organisation of the State of Viet...