2013 marked an important milestone in Vietnam-US relations with the establishment of the comprehensive partnership that reflected accurately the healthy, wide-ranging growth of the ties, from politics to economics, trade and science-technology.

The pilot flying the Asiana Airlines flight 214, which crashed in San Francisco in July, was not properly trained and over-reliant on the autoflight system,

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, Commander of the US Pacific Command, in Hanoi on December 9.

 More than a third of twin births and more than three-quarters of triplets or higher-order births in the United States are the result of assisted reproductive technologies,

 America's plain old telephone network is rapidly being overtaken by new technology, putting US regulators in a quandary over how to manage the final stages of transformation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hong Ngoc has just embarked on a four-city tour across America. The renowned singer talks to Khac Thi about her tour and her life in the US as well as her experience juggling the responsibilities of being a businesswoman

 U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill that allows scientists to carry out research into organ donations from one person with HIV to another.

 Taiwan's Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, is to invest $40 million in the United States to ramp up manufacturing of high-end products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese students in the US in the 2012-2013 academic year increased by 3.4 percent year-on-year, to 16,098,

About 60 international and domestic decision makers and researchers have debated how to build scenarios for food security, environment and livelihoods for Southeast Asia by 2050.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and the US have proposed measures to develop their national defence ties on a par with the two countries’ comprehensive partnership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US is keen to strengthen its ties with Vietnam and other ASEAN member countries on the basis of trust building in cooperation areas.

 A teenager opened fire at a school in the US state of Nevada Monday, killing a teacher and critically wounding two students, police and reports said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem won the third round match of this year Spice Cup Chess Tournament in the US.

 Failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could have harsh economic consequences worldwide, Angel Gurra, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both sides have expressed satisfaction with the consistent development of bilateral relations over the year.

 Asian markets rose Tuesday but early gains were pared in a muted reaction from investors after the US government partially closed down as Congress missed a deadline to agree a new budget.

Vietnamese seafood exporters have got off the hook after the US DOC dropped the 4.7 percent anti-dumping tax on Vietnam’s shrimp. It has also won the CVD lawsuit. The “brace” is believed to pave the way for more shrimp exports to the US market.

VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on September 29 arrived in Hanoi, successfully concluding his official visit to France and his tour to the United States to attend the general debate of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

 Vietnam is accelerating a comprehensive institutional reform to facilitate foreign operations in the country.