General Secretary To Lam had a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump on the evening of November 11 – Photo: VNA
Early morning of November 12, the Central External Relations Commission announced that on the evening of November 11, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, General Secretary To Lam had a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump.
Exchange of directions to strengthen economic, trade and investment relations
During the phone call, General Secretary To Lam congratulated Mr. Trump on being elected the 47th President of the United States, and highly appreciated the President-elect's contributions to the development of Vietnam-US relations.
The Party leader then discussed with President-elect Trump the positive results of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in recent times.
He affirmed that Vietnam is ready to promote stable and long-term development of bilateral relations for the benefit of the two peoples, for peace, cooperation and sustainable development in the region and the world.
General Secretary To Lam also discussed with President-elect Donald Trump a number of major directions to strengthen economic, trade and investment relations between the two countries in areas where both sides have strengths and needs.
US President-elect values relations with Vietnam
President-elect Donald Trump was pleased to once again have the opportunity to talk with the General Secretary and convey his greetings to the Vietnamese people.
Mr. Trump also expressed his delight at the positive development of the relationship between the two countries. He affirmed the importance of the relationship with Vietnam and the Vietnam-US economic cooperation, and mentioned a number of areas of economic and trade cooperation that the US is interested in and wishes to promote.
President-elect Trump believes that the friendly relationship between the two countries will continue to develop.
During the phone call, Mr. Trump shared his good impressions of the Vietnamese people, recalling his memories of the country and its people during his two previous visits. Mr. Trump also highly appreciated the contributions of the Vietnamese community in the US.
On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam invited President-elect Donald Trump to visit Vietnam again.
Mr. Trump happily accepted and invited General Secretary To Lam to visit the US again at an appropriate time.
In September this year, as General Secretary and President, Mr. To Lam visited the United States to attend the Future Summit, 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. This was his first visit to the United States as head of the Party.
During his time in New York, he also had many meetings with leaders of the government, Congress, parties, some heads of US ministries and sectors and had other important foreign affairs activities.
Mr. Trump and his visits to Vietnam
President-elect Donald Trump has visited Vietnam twice. The first time was in 2017, when he went to Da Nang to attend the APEC Leaders' Week, then to Hanoi for a state visit to Vietnam. The trip marked him as the only US president to visit Vietnam in the first year of his term since the two countries normalized relations.
The second time was in 2019, when Mr. Trump came to Hanoi to attend the US-North Korea summit.
On November 7, General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent congratulatory messages to Mr. Trump on his election as president.
Vietnam and the US are looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of normalized relations in 2025. The US is currently one of Vietnam's leading export markets, the first market to see export value surpass the 100 billion USD mark.
According to the General Statistics Office, in the first 10 months of this year, the US was still Vietnam's largest export market with a turnover of 98.4 billion USD.
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