Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches importance to theVietnam – US comprehensive partnership and rejoices at the positive developmentof the bilateral relations over the recent past, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong DinhHue affirmed at his telephone talks on May 13 with US Secretary of the TreasurySteven Mnuchin.
In the talks, Deputy PM Hue highlighted the bilateralcooperation in economy and trade, with bilateral trade value topping 60 billionUSD last year. Of this figure, exports from the US rose to over 12 billion USD,an increase of more than 36 percent over that of 2017, making Vietnam one ofthe markets with the fastest growth of the US.
Hue further affirmed that the Vietnamese Governmentadvocates continuing to improve the investment environment and facilitate USfirms to invest and do business in Vietnam, and that instructions will be givento Vietnam’s relevant ministries and sectors to actively address concreteconcerns of the US side like the import of automobiles, cyber security,e-payment, and financial and monetary issues.
For his part, Secretary Mnuchin spoke highly of theprospects in the bilateral relations in economy, trade and investment, as wellas the Vietnamese Government’s attention to and facilitation of the settlementof the issues of the US concern. He welcomed the recent signing of a number ofeconomic cooperation totaling 21 billion USD during President Donald Trump’strip to Vietnam on the sidelines of the US-Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea summit.
The US official expressed his hope that the two sidescontinue to push up the cooperation in the time to come and highly valuedVietnam’s provision of information for the US side on Vietnam’s advocates inthe financial and monetary fields, and asked Vietnam to continue exchangingideas with the US side on this matter.
The two sides agreed to continue further intensifying theircooperation in financial – monetary, economic – trade spheres and investment,thus making important contribution to the maintenance and acceleration of thebilateral relations towards the celebration of the 25th anniversaryof the establishment of the Vietnam – US diplomatic relations next year.-VNA
In the talks, Deputy PM Hue highlighted the bilateralcooperation in economy and trade, with bilateral trade value topping 60 billionUSD last year. Of this figure, exports from the US rose to over 12 billion USD,an increase of more than 36 percent over that of 2017, making Vietnam one ofthe markets with the fastest growth of the US.
Hue further affirmed that the Vietnamese Governmentadvocates continuing to improve the investment environment and facilitate USfirms to invest and do business in Vietnam, and that instructions will be givento Vietnam’s relevant ministries and sectors to actively address concreteconcerns of the US side like the import of automobiles, cyber security,e-payment, and financial and monetary issues.
For his part, Secretary Mnuchin spoke highly of theprospects in the bilateral relations in economy, trade and investment, as wellas the Vietnamese Government’s attention to and facilitation of the settlementof the issues of the US concern. He welcomed the recent signing of a number ofeconomic cooperation totaling 21 billion USD during President Donald Trump’strip to Vietnam on the sidelines of the US-Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea summit.
The US official expressed his hope that the two sidescontinue to push up the cooperation in the time to come and highly valuedVietnam’s provision of information for the US side on Vietnam’s advocates inthe financial and monetary fields, and asked Vietnam to continue exchangingideas with the US side on this matter.
The two sides agreed to continue further intensifying theircooperation in financial – monetary, economic – trade spheres and investment,thus making important contribution to the maintenance and acceleration of thebilateral relations towards the celebration of the 25th anniversaryof the establishment of the Vietnam – US diplomatic relations next year.-VNA
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