Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is due to pay anofficial visit to the US on July 6-10 at the invitation of the USgovernment. On the eve of the visit, a Washington-based Radio Voice ofVietnam (VOV) reporter recently sat down with some US leading experts totalk about the significance of the high-profile visit. The US trip by Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong is capturing specialAmerican public attention as this is the first time for a GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to pay an officialvisit and hold talks with the US President at the White House. With 30 years of Vietnam-US relations research experience, ErnestBower-a senior adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies andco-director of the Pacific Partners Initiative at the Center forStrategic and International Studies (CSIS) described the visit as ahistoric event showing the deepened Vietnam-US relations. Ernest Bower-a senior adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies and co-director of the Pacific Partners Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) According to Bower, the agenda of the visit may cover issues relatedto the security agreement signed by the two defence ministries, thecommon vision for Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership but theaffirmation and mutual respect…