Negotiating delegations of Vietnam and the United States had open and frank exchanges on reciprocal trade.

On the first day of the second round of negotiations on the bilateral trade agreement between Vietnam and the United States, both sides had open, frank and constructive exchanges on issues of mutual concern.

The second negotiation session of the Bilateral Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Vietnam and the United States began on the morning of May 19 (US time) in Washington DC, USA.

According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade , the Vietnamese negotiating delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of the Government Negotiating Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien with the participation of negotiating delegation members and representatives of the Ministries of Public Security, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Construction, Home Affairs, Agriculture and Environment, Science and Technology, Justice and the State Bank; participated in the 2nd negotiation session of the Bilateral Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Vietnam and the United States held from May 19-22 in Washington DC, the United States according to the agreed plan.

On May 19 local time (May 19 and 20 Hanoi time), the first day of the negotiation session, the Vietnamese and US negotiating delegations spent time discussing a comprehensive approach to resolving fundamental issues of mutual concern and speeding up the negotiation process.

The two sides also exchanged openly, frankly and constructively on groups of issues of mutual concern in the direction of clarifying the contents of the Agreement's text, providing each other with information on each side's current policies to provide a basis for implementing the next steps.

Minister Nguyen Hong Dien works with Westinghouse Corporation - one of the world's leading corporations in nuclear power technology.

On the same day, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien worked with Westinghouse Corporation - one of the world's leading corporations in nuclear power technology.

At the meeting, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said that Vietnam has a policy to restart the nuclear power program to ensure energy security in the context of high electricity demand and unstable renewable energy. The Minister emphasized that Vietnam will approach in a cautious, modern and practical way.

Minister Nguyen Hong Dien shared that Vietnam currently has many potential locations for nuclear power development. This is the basis for promoting cooperation with international partners such as Westinghouse, including large-scale and small-scale nuclear power (SMR) projects; and affirmed that energy development cooperation will also be an important driving force contributing to balancing the bilateral trade balance.

Ms. Margaret Cosentino, Vice President of Westinghouse, expressed strong support for Vietnam's plan and emphasized the importance of long-term energy cooperation.

The two sides agreed to share information and move towards signing a MOU between Westinghouse and the Vietnam National Energy Industry Group (Petrovietnam) in the field of nuclear power development, continuing to promote cooperation, especially in key areas such as developing energy infrastructure investment models (PPP, BOT), technology transfer as well as training and developing technical human resources to serve the nuclear power industry.

TB (according to Tin Tuc Newspaper)

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