President successfully concludes trip to attend APEC Summit Week in the US

On the evening of November 17 (local time), President Vo Van Thuong and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, left San Francisco, concluding their trip to attend the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Week and bilateral activities in the United States.

President Vo Van Thuong and his wife depart for Vietnam. Photo: VNA

President Vo Van Thuong and his wife attended the 2023 Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Week combined with bilateral activities in the US from November 14 to 17 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. The 2023 Summit has special significance, marking the 25th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to APEC. President Vo Van Thuong and the high-ranking delegation attended the activities of the 2023 APEC Summit Week and made important contributions to the success of the conference.

Farewell ceremony for President Vo Van Thuong at San Francisco International Airport. Photo: VNA

According to the Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs , Vietnam's outstanding contributions are the ideas and proposals of President Vo Van Thuong to respond to urgent issues of the world economy, especially the requirement for a new, inclusive, harmonious and humane mindset. At this conference, countries unanimously supported Vietnam's proposal to host APEC 2027. Regarding bilateral activities in the US, President Vo Van Thuong had meetings and discussions with President Joe Biden; Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry; Governor of California; Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles; received a number of leading US businesses: Boeing, Apple; spoke at the US Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); attended and delivered a speech at the Roundtable on connecting Vietnamese localities and US businesses in high technology; visited Stanford University Medical Center. On this occasion, the President visited an overseas Vietnamese family; met with leaders and officials of Vietnamese diplomatic missions in the US. President Vo Van Thuong's speech on the world situation, Vietnam's foreign policy and Vietnam-US relations at CFR was highly appreciated by people in the US.

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