The second highest-ranking US diplomat said on September 12 that education is a high priority in Vietnam-US relations.

Visiting Deputy Secretary of State of the US, John D. Negroponte told a press briefing in Hanoi that he had discussed with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan on September 11 ways to increase the number of Vietnamese students in the US, helping Vietnam realise its target of sending 10,000 overseas for doctoral training by 2020.