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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam addresses the event celebrating 25 years
of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations in Hanoi on October 7 (Photo: VNA)
Addressing the event in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasised that
the normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations was an important decision
of the countries’ leaders, which closed a period full of difficulties and
heralded a promising era.
The Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has been developing extensively and
substantively, from politics-diplomacy, economy-trade and defence-security to
science-technology, health care and education. Bilateral trade has increased
170-fold since 1995 to approximate 80 billion USD. Meanwhile, people-to-people
exchange is increasingly vibrant, according to him.
The official described cooperation in different fields as an important bridge
for building and consolidating trust, goodwill and durable friendship between
the two countries.
He highlighted Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy of independence,
self-reliance, and diversification and mulilateralisation of diplomatic
relations, noting that the country considers the US a partner of leading
importance in its foreign policy.
This year, when Vietnam is serving as the ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent member
of the UN Security Council for 2020-2021, the two sides have coordinated closely
in issues of common concern at regional and international forums, Dam said,
adding that they have also been working with the international community to cope
with the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging global challenges.
On this occasion, he also appreciated contributions by generations of leaders,
politicians, organisations and individuals of Vietnam and the US to bilateral
connections.
He stressed that Vietnam will keep joining the US in expanding and intensifying
their bilateral comprehensive partnership, thereby making effective and
practical contributions to the countries’ development as well as regional and
global peace, stability and development.
At the ceremony, US Ambassador Daniel J. Kritenbrink described his country’s
relations with Vietnam as impressive, noting that they have been cooperating
closely with each other in all aspects, from security, trade, education and
post-war issues to energy and healthcare.
Besides, the rapidly growing trade ties and US businesses’ increasing investment
in Vietnam have generated numerous economic achievements for both sides. The US
remains one of the biggest export destinations of Vietnam, which in turn is
among the markets with fastest growth of imports from the US, he said.
The diplomat held that both countries have the responsibility of continuing to
develop their relations based on mutual trust and friendship, expressing his
wish that bilateral ties will keep flourishing in the time to come.
Source: VNA
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