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Minister of Foreign Affairs receives USAID Administrator

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received visiting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power in Hanoi on March 10.
Minister of Foreign Affairs receives USAID Administrator ảnh 1Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (right) and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power at their meeting in Hanoi on March 10. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son received visiting Administrator of the United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID) Samantha Power in Hanoi on March 10.

Highly appreciating the sound coordination between USAID andVietnamese agencies and sectors, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Son expressed hisdelight at the strong growth of the Vietnam-US ties.

USAID has actively contributed to Vietnam's socio-economicdevelopment through development assistance projects in war aftermath recovery, healthcare, education, and governance capacity building for localities and businesses, he said.

The minister stated that the implementation of these projects in Vietnam vividlydemonstrated the increasing effectiveness and development of the Vietnam-US comprehensivepartnership on the basis of mutual respect for each other's independence,sovereignty, territorial integrity and political institutions for the sake oftheir people, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

For her part, Power thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and theminister himself for supporting USAID’s operations in Vietnam.

The official said she was pleased to visit and witness the results ofUSAID projects, including a ceremony to hand over the dioxin-decontaminated area inBien Hoa airport to the Vietnamese side on March 7.

Power said USAID will continue to focus on solving warlegacy issues, including the dioxin decontamination at the Bien Hoa airport, and DNAtesting capacity improvement for Vietnamese scientists to search and identify theremains of Vietnamese soldiers.

The agency will help Vietnam improve health and social servicesserving the better quality of life for people with disabilities; mitigate theeffects of climate change; develop sustainably; and develop its human resource andhealth infrastructure in response to infectious diseases, she noted./.
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