Contents: Chapters: 1 - Factors impacting the building of the Vietnam US strategic partnership. New international context. The increase of regional integration. Impacting factors by Vietnam. Impacting factors by the US. 2 - From Vietnam - US comprehensive partnership to strategic partnership. Vietnam & the US perceptions on building strategic partnership. Vietnam - the US relations in political & diplomatic field. Vietnam - the US relations in economic field. Vietnam - the US relations in security - defense field. Vietnam - the US relations in the field of culture, education & human resource training. Vietnam - the US relations in the field of science & technology & environment. Vietnam - the US relations in the other fields. 3 - Evaluation, prediction of the development of Vietnam - the US relations and suggestions for solutions & road of building Vietnam - the US strategic partnership.