Promote dialogue to make early progress in negotiations...

At the meeting, the two ministers agreed that Vietnam and the US have highly complementary economies and great potential for cooperation. Minister Nguyen Hong Dien affirmed that Vietnam has a large and stable demand for US products, equipment and services, especially in the fields of high technology and energy. Vietnam is committed to promoting a transparent and healthy trade environment and is ready to strengthen coordination with the US in preventing and combating trade fraud, origin fraud and illegal transshipment.

Minister of Industry and Trade , Head of the Government Negotiation Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien and US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.

With the orientation of becoming a high-income developed country by 2045, Vietnam identifies the US as one of its leading strategic partners and wishes to promote economic and trade relations in a balanced, sustainable and mutually beneficial direction. The Minister of Industry and Trade proposed that the US and Vietnam make efforts to resolve current trade and economic problems, promptly recognize Vietnam as a market economy and remove Vietnam from the D1 and D3 lists restricting the export of high-tech products. This will contribute to bringing practical benefits to the two countries and improving the trade balance in a fair, harmonious and sustainable direction.

For his part, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appreciated Vietnam’s efforts and goodwill in negotiating the bilateral reciprocal trade agreement, and welcomed the two countries’ increased cooperation in high-tech and value-added sectors. He affirmed that Vietnam is an important and attractive market for US businesses, and hoped that Vietnam would continue to facilitate US investment projects, contributing to expanding two-way trade turnover, especially imports of goods from the US.

Both sides agreed to continue promoting technical dialogue and maintaining high-level exchanges to soon achieve substantive progress in negotiations, towards building a stable and long-term economic and trade cooperation framework.

Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of Government Negotiation Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien and Senator Ted Cruz.

Also within the framework of the working trip to the US, on May 21, Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of the Government Negotiation Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien met and worked with Senator Ted Cruz, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and Senator Steve Daines, member of the Senate Finance and Foreign Affairs Committees.

Also attending the meeting were leaders of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Home Affairs, Agriculture and Environment, the State Bank and the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US.

During the working sessions, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien emphasized Vietnam's commitment to promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation in a harmonious and sustainable manner, bringing practical benefits to the people and businesses of the two countries. He affirmed that Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for US businesses to invest and do business effectively and suggested that the US consider Vietnam a priority trade partner in the context that the two countries have officially upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of the Government Negotiation Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien and Senator Steve Daines with members of the Vietnamese delegation on May 21.

Regarding the bilateral trade negotiation process, the Minister affirmed that Vietnam is ready to closely coordinate with the US side towards a trade agreement based on the principles of respecting sovereignty, balancing interests, and in accordance with international commitments and the development level of each side. He also asked the Senators to support and promote this process.

On the US side, the Senators highly appreciated the development potential of the Vietnamese market, especially in the fields of industry, energy, high technology and digital economy. The Senators said that many large US enterprises are very interested in and closely monitoring the investment policies and environment in Vietnam, and expressed their desire to expand business activities and long-term investment in this strategic market in the Asia-Pacific region.

The two sides expect that the comprehensive cooperation relationship between Vietnam and the US will continue to be strengthened and developed, especially in the context of the global economy strongly restructuring the supply chain and expanding to dynamic and stable markets like Vietnam.

News and photos: VNA

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