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| President Vo Van Thuong received US President's Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry on the occasion of attending the APEC 2023 Summit Week. |
At the reception, Special Envoy John Kerry sincerely thanked Vietnam for its thoughtful and respectful reception of President Joe Biden and the high-ranking US delegation during their recent visit to Vietnam; stating that the visit with specific results and the upgrade to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership marked a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries.
President Vo Van Thuong highly appreciated the fact that the two sides are actively implementing high-level agreements reached during President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam, developing increasingly substantive, in-depth, and stable relations.
The President welcomed the United States' increased cooperation with Vietnam, especially in areas that Special Envoy John Kerry has recently been interested in promoting, such as climate change response and energy transition.
President Vo Van Thuong highly appreciated the efforts of US President Joe Biden and Special Envoy John Kerry to raise awareness and action to respond to climate change. The President affirmed that Vietnam wishes to cooperate with the US in these areas, in accordance with Vietnam's socio-economic conditions, meeting the interests and concerns of the people of the two countries.
The President stressed that energy transition must ensure the principle of fairness. Vietnam is continuing to implement comprehensive and drastic measures to promote green growth and respond to climate change, including the approval of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, focusing on the transition from fossil fuels to renewable and new energy, towards Vietnam's net zero emissions by 2050.
The President welcomed Special Envoy Kerry's recommendations and hoped that the US side would continue to facilitate the implementation of projects supporting energy transition, maximizing Vietnam's renewable energy potential, and contributing to ensuring long-term energy security.
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| Overview of the reception. |
Special Envoy John Kerry thanked President Vo Van Thuong for taking the time to receive the delegation, affirming that the United States consistently values its relationship with Vietnam and supports Vietnam in playing a proactive and substantive role in the region.
Special Envoy John Kerry affirmed that the United States will continue to support Vietnam in improving its capacity to adapt to climate change, control pollution, sustainably manage resources, support the exploitation and use of available resources in an environmentally friendly manner and at reasonable costs to reduce dependence on imported fuel sources; support the improvement of management capacity in the environmental field, suitable for Vietnam.
Special Envoy John Kerry appreciated that right after the adoption of the Political Declaration on the Establishment of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), Vietnam is urgently discussing with international partners to soon complete the Resource Mobilization Plan (RMP) to implement the Declaration's contents in the next three to five years at least. Mr. Kerry also emphasized that the US is ready to deploy high-level cooperation with Vietnam to promote positive results at COP28.
Special Envoy John Kerry affirmed that, as a long-time friend of Vietnam, he will continue to support support to enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in the Mekong Delta.
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