Congratulating Mr. Marco Rubio on his appointment as US Secretary of State, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the US is Vietnam's leading comprehensive strategic partner. 
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Appreciating the US's support for a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam, the Deputy Prime Minister expressed his hope that the two sides will continue to closely coordinate to further promote cooperation within the framework of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, meeting the practical interests of the people of the two countries as well as contributing to ensuring peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
Through Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son once again conveyed the congratulations of the leaders of the Party, State, and Government of Vietnam to President Donald Trump and Vice President James David Vance.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assessed that the Vietnam-US relationship has a solid foundation, based on many common interests. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Secretary of State Rubio hopes that the two countries will continue to build an increasingly effective comprehensive strategic partnership. He also highly appreciated the concerns and major orientations proposed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son for bilateral relations in the coming time.
Secretary of State Rubio affirmed that the Vietnam-US relationship is a typical model in international relations and shares many common interests, a fundamental factor for the relationship to continue to develop in the coming time.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio agreed to coordinate to promote the exchange of high-level delegations, especially in the year marking the 30th anniversary of normalization of relations, and discuss ways to promote efforts to overcome the consequences of war, maintain the momentum of economic-trade-investment cooperation, and promote cooperation in science-technology, defense-security for the practical benefits of the people of the two countries.
The two sides also discussed the importance of promoting the ASEAN-US Strategic Partnership, the Mekong-US Partnership and ASEAN's central role and the situation in the East Sea, while promoting dialogue and actively contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.
On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bui Thanh Son reiterated his invitation to Foreign Minister Marco Rubio to visit Vietnam. Foreign Minister Rubio happily accepted the invitation and expressed his wish to visit Vietnam soon.
On the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on behalf of US leaders, sent New Year greetings to the leaders and people of Vietnam.
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