Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hosted a reception in Ha Noi on July 11 for Amanda Nguyen, a social activist and the first Vietnamese-American woman to travel into space.

Viet Nam stands ready to engage in comprehensive cooperation with the US, sharing both benefits and risks in long-term joint projects on the basis of transparency and fairness, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said at a meeting with US Ambassador to Viet Nam Marc Knapper and a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ha Noi on July 9.