Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (Photo: VNA) Talking to the press, he said the Vietnamese delegation’sattendance in the UNGA high-level week and bilateral activities in the US wassuccessful and fulfilled all the set tasks and targets, thus practicallyimplementing the foreign policy set by the 13th National PartyCongress.
About the trip's main results, the minister said first of all,PM Chinh’s speeches at UNGA meetings, especially the general debate, conveyed majormessages about the country’s viewpoints and policies. Second, Vietnamdemonstrated itself as a country treasuring the value of peace and stability,showing strong socio-economic development, and boasting a growing role, statureand prestige in the international arena. Third, the trip created opportunities tofurther develop and set up new relations with other countries and internationalorganisations, as seen in dozens of meetings between the PM and leaders of countries and international organisations.
During these meetings, partners expressed their respect for thestature, role, and active voice of Vietnam. They agreed to increase mutualvisits, foster cooperation in politics - diplomacy, economy - trade, science -technology, labour, tourism, education - training, people-to-people exchanges,and support each other at regional and international forums.
On this occasion, Vietnam established diplomatic relationswith Tonga, raising the number of countries it has diplomatic ties with to 193.
Leaders of many countries voiced their support for the importance of peacefully settling disputes in the East Sea on the basis of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and maintaining security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the waters.
Vietnam also became one of the first signatories to the Agreement on the Conservationand Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond NationalJurisdiction (also called the HighSeas Treaty), according to Son.
He also stressed that PM Chinh's trip is the first to the US by aVietnamese leader after the two countries had set up the comprehensivestrategic partnership, helping carry out the agreements reached during PresidentJoe Biden’s recent visit to Vietnam.
He also stressed that PM Chinh's trip is the first to the US by aVietnamese leader after the two countries had set up the comprehensivestrategic partnership, helping carry out the agreements reached during PresidentJoe Biden’s recent visit to Vietnam.
The PM engaged in tens of meetings and participatedin many events in San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York with the presence of senior officials of the federal administration and congress, states, businesses, intellectuals, friends, and the Vietnamese community in the US.
The US partners affirmed the importance they attach toVietnam, and that the development of bilateral relations is strongly supportedby both the Republican Party and Democratic Party. They were highly unanimousin the need to quickly implement the newly established partnership, especiallyin such focal areas as economy - trade - investment, science - technology,innovation, education - training, settlement of war consequences, health care,environment, and people-to-people exchanges.
Minister Son said that the US side showed positive responseto Vietnam’s call for the recognition of the Southeast Asian nation’s marketeconomy status, the limitation of trade defence measures, the further openingof the US market to some Vietnamese exports, assistance for Vietnam to build asemiconductor ecosystem and join more deeply in global supply chains, and helpfor the country to address war consequences.
Besides, US enterprises affirmed that they will continueexpanding investment and business activities in Vietnam, he noted, adding manycooperation agreements on infrastructure, digital transformation, greentransition, and high technology were signed.
He went on to say that the official visit to Brazil wasanother practical step to implement Vietnam’s foreign policy, includingenhancing relations with traditional friends, of which Brazil is a partner of leadingimportance.
The trip gained substantive and comprehensive results interms of Party-to-Party, Government-to-Government, parliamentary, andpeople-to-people ties, as well as in various areas including politics - diplomacy,economy, trade, investment, defence, security, agriculture, education -training, science - technology, culture, tourism, and sports. It also opened upcooperation opportunities in some new fields such as green economy and digitaleconomy.
During the visit, the two sides issued a joint communiqué, animportant document reflecting the stature of bilateral cooperation and identifyingorientations for more substantive and effective cooperation towards a new relationshipin the time ahead, Son continued.
Brazil highly valued Vietnam’s growing standing and role inthe region and the world, as well as the prospects of their cooperation notonly in bilateral aspects but also within regional and international frameworkssuch as between Vietnam and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), the South -South Cooperation, the Forum for East Asia - Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC),the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), according to the Foreign Minister./.
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