Director of US VATICO representative office delivers a speech at a party on the occasion of the US government’s announcement of lifting the 19-year trade embargo against Vietnam at Thang Loi hotel, Hanoi, February 4, 1994 

Minister of Trade Vu Khoan and US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky sign the Vietnam-US trade agreement in Washington D.C, July 13, 2000 

US President Bill Clinton delivers a speech at Hanoi National University during his official visit to Vietnam from November 16-19, 2000

President Tran Duc Luong hosts a reception for US President Bill Clinton on November 17, 2000 during his official visit to Vietnam

US President Bill Clinton visits Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature ) in Hanoi on November 17, 2000 during his official visit to Vietnam from November 16-19, 2000

General Director of Vietnam Airlines Nguyen Xuan Hien and US Ex-Im Bank Chairman Philip Merrill sign a financing guarantee for one Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for Vietnam Airlines Corporation, August 15, 2003. This is the second out of the four aircrafts Vietnam Airlines purchased from Boeing and the first one being directly transferred to Vietnam

President Nguyen Minh Triet welcomes and holds talks with US President George W. Bush at the Presidential Palace during the latter’s official visit to Vietnam and attendance the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week from November 17-20, 2006

US President George W. Bush plays monochord, a Vietnamese traditional musical instrument, at a banquet offered by President Nguyen Minh Triet at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi during his official visit to Vietnam from November 17-20, 2006

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visits the Hanoi Technology University, April 22, 2006

US President George W. Bush welcomes and holds talks with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet during the latter’s official visit to the US at the White House in Washington D.C, June 22, 2007

US President George W. Bush welcomes Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for bilateral talks at the White House, Washington D.C, on June 25, 2008 during PM Dung's official visit to the US

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Barack Obama meet the press at the White House in Washington D.C on July 7, 2015 during the former's official visit to the US from July 5-12, 2015

Representatives of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group and US Murphy Oil Group sign a petroleum cooperation agreement to develop business in Vietnam, the US and third countries in Washington D.C, July 8, 2015 during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the US

State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh grants an in-principal official letter of acceptance for the bank to set up a wholly-invested bank in Vietnam, July 8, 2015 during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the US

Vietjet Air and Boeing Group sign an MoU on July 8, 2015 during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the US

President Tran Dai Quang and President Barack Obama inspect the guard of honour at a welcome ceremony to the US President on May 23, 2016 during his official visit to Vietnam