(VOVworld) - Chairman of the Vietnam-US Association Nguyen Tam Chien and representatives from the Vietnam Women’s Union held a dialogue with a US delegation of 10 parliamentary assistants in Hanoi on Friday.

Chien briefed participants on Vietnam’s situation and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisation (VUFO), speaking highly of the association’s activities in promoting people-to-people exchanges over the past few years. Phan Anh Son, head of the People's Aid Coordinating Committee (PACCOM) and Chien spoke on matters directly related to the status of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations, highlighted the emerging role of women and the Vietnam Women’s Union in the socio-economic development and in the promotion of women’s advancement. The US Delegation underscored that they consider Vietnam an important partner of the US and that relations between the two nations have developed well and are expected to continue to prosper in the coming time. They also expressed their commitment to provide assistance to Vietnam in support of Agent Orange victims and other assistance in clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) and bombs and strengthening cultural exchanges.