In the late 1980s, a conference at Stony Point (New York, USA) opened a new chapter in Vietnam-US humanitarian cooperation, bringing non-governmental organizations and US veterans to Vietnam to join hands in healing the wounds of war. Ha Huy Thong, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, former Head of the Advance Delegation to Open a Liaison Office in Washington, D.C. (USA), Vice President of the Vietnam-Netherlands Friendship and Cooperation Association, Member of the Vietnam Peace and Development Council - who directly attended the conference - recounted the milestones when the first "seeds of peace" were sown with trust and goodwill between the people of the two countries.

World Vision International in Viet Nam (WVIV) officially launched the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Business Plan under the theme “Mapping the Blue Thread” on the afternoon of November 20. The program aims to ensure that the most vulnerable population groups have access to clean water and sustainable sanitation conditions.

The Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organization Affairs (COMINGO) will organize the “5th International Conference on Cooperation between Vietnam and Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations, Partners for Prosperous and Sustainable Development” on December 4, 2025.

Before Vietnam-US relations were normalized in 1995, there were already quiet bridges spanning the ocean, built on compassion, goodwill, and the aspiration for reconciliation. Ha Huy Thong, former Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for External Relations, who served as head of the advance team establishing the Liaison Office in Washington, D.C. (United States) in 1994-1995, Vice President of the Vietnam-Netherlands Friendship and Cooperation Association, and Member of the Vietnam Council for Peace and Development, recalls meetings marked by people-to-people diplomacy that contributed to the process of normalizing relations between the two countries.