Washington D.C.,, Dec. 20 -- Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang and US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Fleet White co-chaired the 14th Vietnam - US Political - Security - Defence Dialogue in Washington, D.C. on December 18.

The annual mechanism aims to review and set orientations for political, security, and defence cooperation, enhance mutual understanding, build trust, and drive the stable and substantive development of Vietnam - US relations.

Both sides reflected on the state of bilateral relations after 30 years of diplomatic ties and two years since elevating to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, noting sustained positive progress.

Vietnam reaffirmed its view of the US as one of the leading stra...