Prime Minister's 113-hour trip to the US and Brazil achieved the highest target

The working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation to attend the high-level general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly and bilateral activities in the US was a great success, achieving all goals and tasks at a high level with 113 hours of continuous activities. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had an interview with the press about the important results of the Prime Minister's working trip.

Could the Minister please tell us the results of the working trip of the Prime Minister and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the high-level discussion session of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and conduct bilateral activities in the US?

- The working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation to attend the high-level General Discussion of the 78th General Assembly and bilateral activities in the US was a great success, achieving all goals and tasks at a high level with 113 hours of continuous activities, practically implementing the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress.

This year’s United Nations General Assembly session was attended by more than 150 leaders from various countries. The working trip also took place right after Vietnam and the US established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace, Cooperation and Sustainable Development. In that context, the working trip achieved the following main results:

Firstly , through the Prime Minister's speeches at meetings, especially high-level discussions, we have conveyed important messages about Vietnam's specific viewpoints and policies to implement the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress and Directive 25 of the Secretariat on promoting and elevating multilateral diplomacy to 2030.

Second , we present the image of a Vietnam that cherishes the value of peace and stability, is developing strongly in terms of economy and society, and has an increasingly enhanced role, position and prestige in the international arena.

Third , we took full advantage of the working trip to further develop and open new relations with countries and international organizations.

The Prime Minister and members of the delegation had dozens of meetings with leaders of countries and international organizations.

At the meetings, the partners all expressed their appreciation for Vietnam's position, role and active voice, agreed to increase delegation exchanges, political-diplomatic cooperation, economics-trade, science-technology, labor, tourism, education and training, people-to-people exchanges as well as support each other at regional and international forums.

Leaders of many countries support the importance of peacefully resolving disputes in the East Sea on the basis of international law, including UNCLOS 1982, ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea.

On this occasion, we established additional diplomatic relations with Tonga, bringing the total number of countries having diplomatic relations with Vietnam to 193.

Vietnam is also one of the first countries to sign the High Seas Agreement (BBNJ), an international treaty regulating the exploitation, benefit sharing and conservation of marine genetic resources in international waters.

The Prime Minister had dozens of meetings and attended events in San Francisco, Washington DC and New York. Photo: VNA

For the US, this is the first working trip of our key leaders after the two countries established the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework, contributing to the implementation of agreements reached during President Biden's visit to Vietnam.

The Prime Minister had dozens of meetings and attended events in San Francisco, Washington DC and New York, with the presence of senior officials of the government, the federal Congress, states, business circles, intellectuals, long-time friends and the Vietnamese community in the US.

The US partners all affirmed that they attach importance to Vietnam and that developing the bilateral relationship has strong bipartisan support, and are highly unanimous on the need to urgently implement the new framework of relations to soon achieve concrete results, especially in key areas such as economics - trade - investment, science - technology, innovation, education - training, overcoming the consequences of war, health - environment, people-to-people exchange, etc.

The US responded positively to our high priorities of recognizing market economy status, limiting trade defense measures, further opening the market for some of Vietnam's export products, supporting Vietnam in building a semiconductor ecosystem and participating more deeply in the global supply chain, and supporting Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of war...

The US business community affirmed to continue expanding investment and business in Vietnam. Many cooperation agreements in the fields of infrastructure, digital transformation, green transformation, and high technology have been signed and discussed.

Could the Minister please tell us about the results of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to the Federal Republic of Brazil?

- The official visit to Brazil by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Government is a practical step in implementing the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, including strengthening relations with traditional friendly countries, of which Brazil is a leading important partner.

The visit takes place at a very meaningful time, as the two countries look forward to celebrating the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 16th anniversary of the comprehensive partnership in 2024. At the same time, this is also a journey following in Uncle Ho's footsteps, when in 1912, Uncle Ho stayed in Brazil while searching for a way to save the country.

Brazil welcomed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and our high-ranking delegation with respect, thoughtfulness and warmth. The visit achieved substantial and comprehensive results in all channels of the Party, Government, Parliament, people-to-people exchange and many areas of cooperation in politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, defense, security, agriculture, education and training, science and technology, people-to-people exchange, culture, tourism, sports, etc. and at the same time opened up opportunities for cooperation in a number of new areas such as green economy and digital economy.

During the visit, the two sides issued a joint communique, an important document, demonstrating the stature of the cooperative relationship between the two countries, while also orienting cooperation towards an increasingly substantive and effective framework, towards a new and suitable relationship in the coming time.

Brazil highly appreciates Vietnam's growing position and role in the region and the world, as well as the prospects for cooperation not only bilaterally, but also regionally and internationally between Vietnam and Mercosur, South-South cooperation, coordination within the framework of FEALAC, WTO, ASEAN...

Thank you, Minister!

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