Vietnamese President sends letter to US counterpart

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 30 sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to discuss bilateral relations, especially the enhancement of cooperation in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese President sends letter to US counterpart ảnh 1President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 30 sent aletter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to discuss bilateral relations, especially the enhancement of cooperation in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the letter, the Vietnamese leader welcomed and thankedthe US for its commitment to donate 4 billion USD to the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX)initiative, noting that Vietnam has received two batches with about 2.5 milliondoses of vaccine from this mechanism.

COVAX is really a precious and timely assistance that hashelped Vietnam and many other developing countries in responding to thepandemic when vaccine supply sources have still been limited, he wrote.

President Phuc also applauded the US’s commitment tocontribute an additional 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the joint efforts ofthe international community amid complicated developments of the pandemic inVietnam and Southeast Asia.

He expressed his hope that the US will continue to supportVietnam and other countries in COVID-19 vaccine supplies, while suggesting that the twosides strengthen cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine research, production and technology transfer.

President Phuc affirmed that Vietnam always attachesgreat importance to the Comprehensive Partnership with the US, and believed that based on the spirit of friendly cooperation, both sides willcontinue to promote bilateral relations in a more intensive and practical manner, thus benefiting people of both nations and contributing to the maintenanceof peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Earlier, in recent phone talks with leaders of othercountries such as China, Russia and Japan, leaders of the Vietnamese Party, State andGovernment also asked for the countries’ assistance in accessing vaccine supplies andcooperation in researching and transferring COVID-19 vaccine production technology./.
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