Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper

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On the evening of March 13, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper to discuss priority areas to promote bilateral cooperation on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - US diplomatic relations.

At the reception, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper acknowledged the achievements in the relationship between the two countries in recent times, especially after the two countries upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper's efforts in promoting the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, maintaining stable development momentum with many positive results, including maintaining and promoting high-level contacts, notably the very successful phone call between General Secretary To Lam and President Donald Trump before and after his election.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper. Photo: VNA

The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam always considers the US a partner of strategic importance; affirmed the consistent message of General Secretary To Lam and senior leaders of Vietnam that they especially value and wish to cooperate closely with the Trump Administration to promote the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, maintain a stable, increasingly substantive and in-depth development momentum, and effectively implement the contents of the Joint Statement and the Action Plan to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the common interests of the two countries.

In the context of the two countries carrying out activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the Prime Minister asked the US Ambassador and Embassy to coordinate with relevant agencies of Vietnam to implement measures to deepen cooperation, including promoting visits and contacts at all levels, especially high-level.

Emphasizing the need to continue to make economic-trade-investment cooperation a bright spot and driving force of bilateral relations, the Prime Minister said that Vietnamese ministries and sectors are actively addressing current concerns of the US in economic-trade-investment relations, including sending the Minister of Industry and Trade as a Special Envoy to work in the US to co-chair the meeting mechanism of the Trade and Investment Council (TIFA).

According to the Prime Minister, relevant ministries, sectors and agencies of Vietnam are actively reviewing import tariffs on goods from the US, encouraging increased imports of US products that Vietnam has demand for, especially agricultural products, liquefied gas and high-tech products.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Vietnamese Government always pays attention to creating favorable conditions for the activities of US businesses and investors in Vietnam, affirming that Vietnam wishes to build a balanced, stable, harmonious and sustainable economic - trade - investment cooperation relationship with the US, for the mutual benefit of the two countries. The Prime Minister also asked the US to continue taking steps towards recognizing Vietnam as a market economy and creating favorable conditions for Vietnam to import high-tech equipment from the US.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister asked the Ambassador and the Embassy to continue to lobby the US Government and Congress to increase projects to support overcoming the consequences of war in Vietnam, especially the dioxin detoxification project at Bien Hoa airport, support for people with disabilities and war victims, support the search for fallen Vietnamese soldiers; transfer technology and improve the capacity for DNA identification of Vietnamese martyrs.

Thanking the Prime Minister for his recognition and appreciation, Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper pledged to continue to closely coordinate with Vietnamese ministries and sectors to promote and further deepen the Vietnam - US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper expressed his delight at the two sides' active implementation of the Joint Statement and the Vietnam-US Action Plan for 2023, affirming that the Vietnam-US relationship has achieved many positive results, in line with the wishes and interests of both sides.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper speaks. Photo: VNA

The Ambassador affirmed that the US prioritizes developing relations with Vietnam on the basis of the principle of respecting Vietnam's political regime, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, supporting a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam; wishes to expand cooperation in various fields, including cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war, national defense - security, education - training, supporting Vietnam in training high-quality human resources and human resources in the semiconductor industry, cooperating with Vietnam in exploiting essential minerals and researching and developing nuclear energy.

Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper emphasized that 2025 is an important year in bilateral relations as the two sides celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The US Embassy in Hanoi will work with Vietnamese agencies to develop an effective agenda to deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

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