Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that Vietnam hopes towork more closely with the US to expand the bilateral partnership inall fields for the mutual interests and development of both countries.
Meeting Chairman of the East Asian and PacificAffairs Subcommittee under the US Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsBenjamin Cardin on May 28 in Hanoi, he said Vietnam is also willingto discuss with the US potential cooperation areas as well as issuesof mutual concern.
Vietnam is taking part innegotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a responsiblemanner, however, as a poor and developing country, it has specificrequirements, said PM Dung, suggesting that the US show necessaryflexibility to Vietnam during the negotiations so that the TPP can beconcluded soon.
PM Dung also thanked the US forraising its voice against China’s illegal placement of its oil rig inVietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
Stressing that China’s move seriously infringed international law,threatening peace, security and maritime safety and freedom in the EastSea, he said he hopes the US will continue strongly condemning China’sviolation.
The government leader also suggested thatthe US enhance cooperation with and support Vietnam in surmounting theconsequences of bombs and mines left by from the American War inVietnam, as well as the impacts of Agent Orange/Doxin.
Briefing his host on the outcomes of his meetings with Chairman of theNational Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung and Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 27, Cardin said the US is keenon further beefing up the multifaceted partnership with Vietnam .
He expressed his belief that the two countries, together with othernations involved in the TPP, will exert efforts to conclude thenegotiations for the deal in an early date, creating a chance for thecountries to open their market and reform their economic growth models.
The US will continue its close coordination withVietnam in overcoming the aftermaths of Agent Orange/Dioxin and bombsand mines, protecting the ecological environment and coping withclimate change and sea level rise, he said.
Mentioning the recent dangerous developments in the East Sea, thesenator said he is deeply concerned about China’s provocativebehaviour.
He said China’s act is a seriousviolation of international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention onthe Law of the Sea, causing instability and threatening peace,stability and maritime security and safety in the East Sea .
He emphasised the need to settle all disputes through peaceful measures on the basis of respect for international law.
Cardin said he will raise the case, as well as the wider East Sea issues, at the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.-VNA
Meeting Chairman of the East Asian and PacificAffairs Subcommittee under the US Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsBenjamin Cardin on May 28 in Hanoi, he said Vietnam is also willingto discuss with the US potential cooperation areas as well as issuesof mutual concern.
Vietnam is taking part innegotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a responsiblemanner, however, as a poor and developing country, it has specificrequirements, said PM Dung, suggesting that the US show necessaryflexibility to Vietnam during the negotiations so that the TPP can beconcluded soon.
PM Dung also thanked the US forraising its voice against China’s illegal placement of its oil rig inVietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
Stressing that China’s move seriously infringed international law,threatening peace, security and maritime safety and freedom in the EastSea, he said he hopes the US will continue strongly condemning China’sviolation.
The government leader also suggested thatthe US enhance cooperation with and support Vietnam in surmounting theconsequences of bombs and mines left by from the American War inVietnam, as well as the impacts of Agent Orange/Doxin.
Briefing his host on the outcomes of his meetings with Chairman of theNational Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung and Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 27, Cardin said the US is keenon further beefing up the multifaceted partnership with Vietnam .
He expressed his belief that the two countries, together with othernations involved in the TPP, will exert efforts to conclude thenegotiations for the deal in an early date, creating a chance for thecountries to open their market and reform their economic growth models.
The US will continue its close coordination withVietnam in overcoming the aftermaths of Agent Orange/Dioxin and bombsand mines, protecting the ecological environment and coping withclimate change and sea level rise, he said.
Mentioning the recent dangerous developments in the East Sea, thesenator said he is deeply concerned about China’s provocativebehaviour.
He said China’s act is a seriousviolation of international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention onthe Law of the Sea, causing instability and threatening peace,stability and maritime security and safety in the East Sea .
He emphasised the need to settle all disputes through peaceful measures on the basis of respect for international law.
Cardin said he will raise the case, as well as the wider East Sea issues, at the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.-VNA
