Harris's upcoming visit to Vietnam and Singapore showed Washington's long-term commitment to Southeast Asia and promoting cooperation in many areas.

US Vice President expects to visit Singapore and Vietnam later this month, becoming the highest official of the Biden government to Asia.

US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington capital in July. Photo: AFP.

Evaluation of Vietnam and Singapore once again the destination of American senior officials, Gregory Poling, Experts in Southeast Asia, Director of Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative at Strategic Research and National Center

Harris visits expressed the US long-term commitment to a prosperous Southeast Asia and security, Dr. Patrick Cronin, president of Asia-Pacific Security in Hudson Institute in Washington, said.

With a visit to Singapore and Vietnam, Vice President Harris can strengthen the general strategic benefits in a stable order, based on rules with two of the most strategic countries in the region, Cronin said.

Despite the obstacles of the pandemic, the White House is fully determined to fulfill its promise to cooperate more closely with important partners to fight Covid-19, re-launch economic growth and solve similar challenges

Carl Thayer, an honorary professor at Australia's New South Wales University, indicated that the Biden government had considered the Indian - Pacific region as a top priority.

However, the US working effort with ASEAN had a bad start when the meeting on May 25 between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and ASEAN Foreign Ministers were canceled a few minutes after starting because of technical issues

America's efforts to work with Southeast Asia have been restarted with recent visits by Minister Austin to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Predicting Harris's agenda, Thayer said that Vice President will focus on against Covid-19, recovering after greatness and climate change.

Vice President Harris will also promote economic cooperation to handle network security and digital trade issues, promote joint efforts to maintain international order based on rules and strengthen exchanges

In summary, Vice President Harris will expand the US working efforts to Southeast Asia far beyond the defense and security sectors, to a larger cooperation program to deal with full-national challenges

Poling believes that Vietnamese-American partnership continues to achieve stable and remarkable progress.

The Biden government considers Vietnam as a potential partner in achieving American goals such as maritime freedom and the Indian - Pacific region freely and openly, Thayer said.

The US has supported Vietnam 5 million doses of vaccines.

A remarkable point is that Harris is the first current US deputy president to visit Vietnam.