On March 28 in Hanoi, Party Committee member, Head of the Personnel Organization Committee, Head of the Vietnam Institute for International and Public Diplomacy Studies (Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations) Dong Huy Cuong received the delegation of the "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" (VFW). The two sides discussed cooperation potentials in various fields.

During a meeting with Dong Huy Cuong, Director of the Institute of International Studies and People-to-people Diplomacy (under the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations) in Hanoi on May 26, Pam DeVolder, Counselor of Information - Culture, US Embassy to Vietnam suggested organizing cultural exchange activities to connecting the two peoples.