Vietnam's foreign ministry welcomes U.S. decision to drop FX manipulator label

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Saturday it welcomed the U.S. Treasury's move on Friday to refrain from formally branding the country a currency manipulator.

"Vietnam will maintain dialogues and consultancy with the U.S. over this issue," the ministry said in a statement.

(Reporting by Khanh Vu. Editing by Mark Potter)