Washington D.C, March 14 -- Vietnam always considers the US as a key strategic partner and hopes to strengthen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for more practical and effective results, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh has affirmed. Thanh made the confirmation at her meetings with several US senators in Washington DC on March 13 during her working visit to the US to attend the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). During her meetings with Senator Marsha Blackburn and Senator Peter Welch, Thanh underlined Vietnam's consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of external relations, and being a friend, trustworthy partn...