Washington D.C (VNA), March 1 -- The US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) will break its own record on the number of US businesses joining an annual delegation to Vietnam, even higher than the 51 firms joining the delegation in March last year, according to President & CEO of the council Ted Osius.

The former US Ambassador to Vietnam said that this will be an important visit taking place after the upgrade of the US-Vietnam relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership for peace, cooperation and sustainable development and on the occasion of the 40th founding anniversary of the USABC.

He said that US businesses have shown great interest in Vietnam. From almost no trade relations in the 1990s, the two sides enjoyed two-way trade of 138 ...