Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives a delegation of politicians from the San Francisco Bay Area

According to the special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, on the afternoon of September 18 (local time) in San Francisco, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a delegation of politicians from cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, led by Mayor Sheng Thao of Oakland, on the occasion of the Prime Minister's visit to the United States to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week.

At the reception, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , Ms. Sheng Thao and many officials from San Francisco Bay Area cities happily recalled the good memories of the visit to Vietnam in August 2023 by a delegation of several mayors from the state of California.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the government and people of San Francisco for the warm welcome given to the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; and was pleased to announce that Vietnam and the United States have just upgraded their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the State visit to Vietnam by US President Joe Biden, considering this a testament to the desire of the two countries to continue promoting substantive and effective development of relations for the benefit of the two peoples, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the Asia- Pacific region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Ms. Sheng Thao, Mayor of Oakland City, California. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Ms. Sheng Thao and officials and large businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area expressed their excitement at the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, welcomed the Prime Minister's visit, and said that they are actively preparing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco in November and look forward to welcoming Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong. The US delegates shared that during and after the delegation's visit in August 2023, businesses from the two countries signed many specific cooperation agreements, including exploring the possibility of Vietjet Air opening a direct flight to California; affirmed the desire to promote the connection of technology businesses in Silicon Valley with the Vietnamese community across the United States and with Vietnam. With the current good relationship between the two countries, the two sides believe that businesses from both sides have real opportunities to strengthen cooperation, especially in the fields of technology, semiconductors, medicine, etc.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives a delegation of politicians from San Francisco and the Bay Area. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Ms. Sheng Thao said that the San Francisco Bay Area has a large Vietnamese community, supported and facilitated by the state and city governments, and is a typical example of Vietnamese people returning to participate in building their homeland. Ms. Sheng Thao also expressed her desire to seek cooperation opportunities with Vietnamese businesses investing in the United States, including Vinfast.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his delight at the concrete and substantive progress in cooperation between Vietnam and the United States in general and the San Francisco Bay Area in particular. The Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam always welcomes and gives family affection to those who return to their homeland. This is a very humane feature of Vietnamese culture and people.

Reiterating the consistent policy of the Vietnamese State to always create favorable conditions for foreigners and the overseas Vietnamese community to do business in Vietnam, the Prime Minister asked Mayor Sheng Thao and representatives of cities and the business community in the San Francisco Bay Area to invite more people and businesses to Vietnam to enhance people-to-people exchanges and seek investment and business opportunities. The Prime Minister affirmed that strengthening cooperation, sharing benefits, and working together to build and develop the country are effective and practical measures to implement the framework of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and contribute significantly to helping the two countries overcome the consequences of war.

According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper

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