Several newspapers in the US, Australia and India ran articles on thehistoric official visit to the US by Vietnamese Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong.
On July 7, The Washington Timesdedicated part of its front page to feature the significance of thevisit and US-Vietnam relations, emphasising that “despite the bitterpast and ideological differences, Vietnam and America are now poised toembrace one another in an expanded comprehensive partnership.”
“The evolving partnership provides a mechanism to facilitatecooperation in political and diplomatic relations, trade and economicties, science and technology, education and training, environment andhealth, war legacy issues, defence and security,” it wrote.
The article, titled “A new era in US-Vietnam relations: Arrival ofParty Chief signals importance of partnership”, also highlighted thattwo-way trade has increased from 450 million USD 20 years ago, when thetwo countries restored their bilateral relations, to almost 39 billionUSD in 2014. The average annual income in Vietnam has increased six-foldfrom 560 USD in 1988 to 3,354 USD today. Furthermore, the 17,000Vietnamese nationals studying in the US reinforce the educationalcooperation between the two countries.
According tothe newspaper, Vietnam exports more goods to the US than to any countryin ASEAN at present. With its population of 90 million - with one thirdunder the age of 20 - and an average GDP growth rate of 7 percent overthe last 25 years, US businesses consider Vietnam one of the mostpromising markets in Southeast Asia.
US-based “TheHuffington Post” posted an article by Deputy Secretary of State AntonyBlinken with the title “A strategic opportunity to advance US-Vietnamrelations” on July 7.
Blinken wrote that PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit would commence a new chapterin the two countries’ joint history.
He stressedthat over the past two decades, Vietnam lifted millions of people out ofpoverty through market-oriented reforms and made concrete progresstowards a more open society. The country has also integrated itself intothe international community and is becoming an active and constructiveplayer in the global arena.
He also mentioned thenegotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation tradedeal. Besides economic dividends, the agreement, once reached, willprovide strategic opportunities for the entire region, unleashing thecountries’ potential and improving citizens’ lives.
Meanwhile, Australia’s “The Sydney Morning Herald” cited AlexanderVuving, a security analyst at the Asia-Pacific Centre for SecurityStudies in Hawaii, saying that the visit “underscores the converginginterests of the two countries”.
On July 9, theIndian magazine “Political Events” ran an article titled “US-Vietnamrelations entering a new era”, written by Vinod Anand, a Senior Fellowat the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).
According to Anand, the Vietnamese Party General Secretary’s visit, thefirst visit by Vietnam’s top Communist Party leader to the US, indicates“the distance both countries have travelled over the years to forge amutually beneficially relationship despite differing political systems”.
He suggested the two sides continue to promote thedevelopment of economic cooperation and trade, with the specificobjective of completing the negotiations on the TPP.-VNA
On July 7, The Washington Timesdedicated part of its front page to feature the significance of thevisit and US-Vietnam relations, emphasising that “despite the bitterpast and ideological differences, Vietnam and America are now poised toembrace one another in an expanded comprehensive partnership.”
“The evolving partnership provides a mechanism to facilitatecooperation in political and diplomatic relations, trade and economicties, science and technology, education and training, environment andhealth, war legacy issues, defence and security,” it wrote.
The article, titled “A new era in US-Vietnam relations: Arrival ofParty Chief signals importance of partnership”, also highlighted thattwo-way trade has increased from 450 million USD 20 years ago, when thetwo countries restored their bilateral relations, to almost 39 billionUSD in 2014. The average annual income in Vietnam has increased six-foldfrom 560 USD in 1988 to 3,354 USD today. Furthermore, the 17,000Vietnamese nationals studying in the US reinforce the educationalcooperation between the two countries.
According tothe newspaper, Vietnam exports more goods to the US than to any countryin ASEAN at present. With its population of 90 million - with one thirdunder the age of 20 - and an average GDP growth rate of 7 percent overthe last 25 years, US businesses consider Vietnam one of the mostpromising markets in Southeast Asia.
US-based “TheHuffington Post” posted an article by Deputy Secretary of State AntonyBlinken with the title “A strategic opportunity to advance US-Vietnamrelations” on July 7.
Blinken wrote that PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit would commence a new chapterin the two countries’ joint history.
He stressedthat over the past two decades, Vietnam lifted millions of people out ofpoverty through market-oriented reforms and made concrete progresstowards a more open society. The country has also integrated itself intothe international community and is becoming an active and constructiveplayer in the global arena.
He also mentioned thenegotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation tradedeal. Besides economic dividends, the agreement, once reached, willprovide strategic opportunities for the entire region, unleashing thecountries’ potential and improving citizens’ lives.
Meanwhile, Australia’s “The Sydney Morning Herald” cited AlexanderVuving, a security analyst at the Asia-Pacific Centre for SecurityStudies in Hawaii, saying that the visit “underscores the converginginterests of the two countries”.
On July 9, theIndian magazine “Political Events” ran an article titled “US-Vietnamrelations entering a new era”, written by Vinod Anand, a Senior Fellowat the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).
According to Anand, the Vietnamese Party General Secretary’s visit, thefirst visit by Vietnam’s top Communist Party leader to the US, indicates“the distance both countries have travelled over the years to forge amutually beneficially relationship despite differing political systems”.
He suggested the two sides continue to promote thedevelopment of economic cooperation and trade, with the specificobjective of completing the negotiations on the TPP.-VNA
