It brought together about 300 U.S. military personnel and experts, along with representatives of Vietnamese agencies and units, targeting stronger disaster-response capacity, community health care, humanitarian assistance and people-to-people exchanges.
Pacific Partnership (PP) is the U.S. Navy's largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Friendship (PF), co-hosted by U.S. Army Pacific and the 18th Theater Medical Command, concentrates on humanitarian aid and capacity building in engineering, medical services and disaster management.
Delegates at the PP-PF 26 opening ceremony in Quang Tri Province. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh
This year marks the first time the two missions have been combined and held in Quang Tri, creating a broad cooperation platform of 25 activities across four areas - humanitarian assistance and disaster preparedness, health care, community infrastructure construction and repair, and community engagement.
In his opening speech, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Hoang Nam noted that 2026 marks the 31st anniversary of Vietnam-U.S. diplomatic ties. From early war aftermath remediation and initial humanitarian cooperation, the two countries have developed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership based on trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to peace and prosperity.
