Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (L) meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington D.C. on March 25 (Photo: VNA) Sullivan reaffirmedthat the US attaches great importance to relations with Vietnam and supports astrong, independent, self-resilient and prosperous Vietnam with increasinglyimportant role in the region and the world.
He expressed delight at the two sides actively and proactively implementing their comprehensive strategic partnership and high-levelagreements reached by US President Joe Biden and General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong during the former’s visit toVietnam in September 2023.
For his part, Son said he is pleased at the specific andpositive results recorded during the implementation of the Vietnam-UScomprehensive strategic partnership so far, especially the regular high-leveldelegation exchanges.
Affirming Vietnam’s external policy of independence,self-reliance, peace, friendship, multilateralisation and diversification, theFM underlined that Vietnam considers the US a partner of strategicimportance, and highly valued the US’s support to a strong, independent,self-resilient and prosperous nation of Vietnam.
He extended regards of Party General Secretary Trong andsenior leaders of Vietnam to President Joe Biden, and invited Sullivan to visitVietnam.
The Vietnamese FM suggested that the two sides continue to promotingcooperation across all key pillars of the bilateral comprehensive strategicpartnership, with priority to making preparations for delegation exchanges andmeetings between the two countries, especially at high levels, maintaining existing dialogue mechanisms and seeking new ones, especially in issues ofdifferences.
The two sides should continue to expand economic-trade and science-technology cooperation, especially in innovation and human resourcestraining, he said, proposing the US recognise Vietnam’s market economyregulations soon, and strengthen cooperation in overcoming war consequences.
Sullivan pledged that the US will continue realisingagreements reached by leaders of the two countries, and supports Vietnam in developinghigh technology industries, energy transition, climate change response, overcomingwar aftermaths, and making bilateral relations more intensive, extensive, substantial and effective.
The two sides also discussed a number of regional and globalissues of shared concern.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and USAID Administrator Samantha Power (Photo: VNA) The same day, FM Son also had a meeting with Administratorof the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) SamanthaPower who affirmed that the agency always prioritises the development ofrelations with Vietnam, and vowed that the USAID will continue to work for theimplementation of the US-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership andagreements reached by senior leaders of the two countries.
Reviewing the partnership between Vietnam and the USAID inovercoming war consequences, supporting persons with disabilities, education-training,and health care, Son highly valued the USAID’s assistance to Vietnam, andexpressed his hope that the agency will continue to provide resources for theimplementation of dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa airport, searching formissing Vietnamese soldiers, enhancing Vietnam’s capacity in DNA analysis,supporting persons with disabilities, and war victims. At the same time, the USshould consider new areas of cooperation such as high-quality human resourcestraining, climate change response, energy transition, while turning FulbrightUniversity into a regional training centre.
Power briefed the Vietnamese FM on the situation of USAID projects in Vietnam,underlining that the agency will continue to focus on cooperation in dealingwith war aftermath, including dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa, enhancing theDNA analysis for Vietnamese scientists, improving health care and socialservices in order to enhance the living conditions for persons withdisabilities, and support Vietnam in mitigating climate change impactsandpromoting sustainable development, human resources training, health careinfrastructure, and disease prevention and control.
The two sides concurred to continue to work closely togetherin approving and effectively developing USAID projects in Vietnam, contributingto fostering the Vietnam-US comprehensive strategic partnership./.
The Vietnamese FM suggested that the two sides continue to promotingcooperation across all key pillars of the bilateral comprehensive strategicpartnership, with priority to making preparations for delegation exchanges andmeetings between the two countries, especially at high levels, maintaining existing dialogue mechanisms and seeking new ones, especially in issues ofdifferences.
The two sides should continue to expand economic-trade and science-technology cooperation, especially in innovation and human resourcestraining, he said, proposing the US recognise Vietnam’s market economyregulations soon, and strengthen cooperation in overcoming war consequences.
Sullivan pledged that the US will continue realisingagreements reached by leaders of the two countries, and supports Vietnam in developinghigh technology industries, energy transition, climate change response, overcomingwar aftermaths, and making bilateral relations more intensive, extensive, substantial and effective.
The two sides also discussed a number of regional and globalissues of shared concern.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and USAID Administrator Samantha Power (Photo: VNA) Reviewing the partnership between Vietnam and the USAID inovercoming war consequences, supporting persons with disabilities, education-training,and health care, Son highly valued the USAID’s assistance to Vietnam, andexpressed his hope that the agency will continue to provide resources for theimplementation of dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa airport, searching formissing Vietnamese soldiers, enhancing Vietnam’s capacity in DNA analysis,supporting persons with disabilities, and war victims. At the same time, the USshould consider new areas of cooperation such as high-quality human resourcestraining, climate change response, energy transition, while turning FulbrightUniversity into a regional training centre.
Power briefed the Vietnamese FM on the situation of USAID projects in Vietnam,underlining that the agency will continue to focus on cooperation in dealingwith war aftermath, including dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa, enhancing theDNA analysis for Vietnamese scientists, improving health care and socialservices in order to enhance the living conditions for persons withdisabilities, and support Vietnam in mitigating climate change impactsandpromoting sustainable development, human resources training, health careinfrastructure, and disease prevention and control.
The two sides concurred to continue to work closely togetherin approving and effectively developing USAID projects in Vietnam, contributingto fostering the Vietnam-US comprehensive strategic partnership./.
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