Formal relations between the United States and Vietnam were initiated in the nineteenth century under former American president Andrew Jackson, but relations soured after the United States refused to protect the Kingdom of Vietnam from a French invasion.
Meeting of US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Vietnamese minister of foreign affairs Phạm Bình Minh in 2019
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting a textile mill in Saigon, 1961
U.S. Army soldiers burning a Viet Cong base camp during the Vietnam War, 1968
The wreckage of a People's Army of Vietnam T-54 tank, destroyed by Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldiers, 1972
Russia–Vietnam relations
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Russia–Vietnam relations date back formally to 30 January 1950, when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics established an embassy to North Vietnam.
The Soviet Union was one of the first countries in the world to recognize and formally establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, laying the foundations for strong and cooperative friendship between the two countries.
Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyễn Phú Trọng with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 5 September 2018
A regimental group of Soviet military specialists with the 238th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the VPA.
Vladimir Putin and Nguyễn Minh Triết.
Vladimir Putin during the official welcome ceremony to Vietnam in 2006.