Search-and-rescue operations were still underway on Tuesday in Louisiana, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods that damaged about 40,000 homes,

 U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 7,000 people stranded by historic flooding.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh announced recently that a settlement has been reached with the US ending two longstanding World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes involving shrimp imports.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s import turnover of fruits and vegetables from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand in the first half of 2016 increased by 2-4 times compared to the same period of previous years.

The State Department of the US affirmed that the ruling made by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea is an important contribution to the shared goal of a peaceful resolution.

Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Tran Don said he was pleased with the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Finance under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and its Lao counterpart.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh suggested Vietnam and the US work more on post-war consequence settlement, focusing on searching for US servicemen’s missed remains, unexploded ordnances clearance and Agent Orange/dioxin decontamination.

 Volkswagen is facing multiple investigations in the United States, including, reports say, a criminal probe from the Department of Justice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dance tour titled “Peace over War” of Together Higher Dance Company from Vietnam and Robin Becker Dance from the US will take place in Hanoi, HCM City and Ha Long from September 25 to 27.

 Once considered a front-runner, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has decided to end his campaign for US president amid dwindling contributions and plummeting poll numbers.

 The US central bank has decided not to raise interest rates, keeping them at the same level they have been at since December 2008.

 A man who shot two journalists on live TV in the US state of Virginia has died after shooting himself, police say.

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and US Trade Representative Michael Froman expressed a desire to accelerate an early conclusion of the TPP negotiations at a July 6 meeting as part of Trong's ongoing trip to the US.

 US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has said her visit to Vietnam on June 29-July 1 aims to boost the US-Vietnam cooperation in the fight against wildlife trafficking, including elephant, rhino, sea tortoise, tiger, and pangolin.

 US engineers investigating a balcony collapse in California that killed six people and injured seven others say water damage may have caused the structure to give way.

 More than 150 US and Vietnamese delegates and experts gathered at a May 14 seminar in HCM City to discuss measures which develop clean energy in Vietnam and boost initiatives in renewal energy between the two countries.

 Cuba has welcomed as "fair" a US decision to remove it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying it should never have been on the list in the first place.

 The US State Department has recommended that Cuba be removed from its list of states said to sponsor terrorism, a leading member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee says.

Vietnam condemns terrorism: FM; German Parliamentary State Secretary to visit HCM City; Numerous activities to mark Vietnam’s ties with China, US; Russia, Vietnam forge parliamentary cooperation

 The 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the US in 2015 presents an occasion to further their relations, stated US President Barack Obama while receiving the newly-accredited Vietnamese Ambassador, Pham Quang Vinh, on February 23.