President Donald Trump considers Vietnam a top priority partner in the region.

On September 24, President Luong Cuong received US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

At the reception, President Luong Cuong emphasized that Vietnam always considers the US a partner of strategic importance and wishes to continue to develop the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the US in an increasingly substantive and in-depth manner on the basis of respecting each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political regime, for peace , stability and common prosperity.

President Luong Cuong receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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The two sides exchanged many cooperation contents in key areas such as politics - diplomacy, economics - trade - investment, security - defense, science and technology, education, humanitarian - overcoming war consequences.

President Luong Cuong suggested that the two sides continue to contact and exchange delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, to maintain mutual understanding and trust and effectively handle each side's concerns, especially the issue of reciprocal taxes.

The President affirmed that Vietnam welcomes US businesses to increase cooperation and investment in strategic areas such as the semiconductor industry and training of high-quality human resources, and suggested that the US Government have a roadmap to soon recognize Vietnam as a market economy and remove Vietnam from the strategic export control list.

Agreeing with the President's assessments, Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that the Trump administration always considers Vietnam one of the US 's top priority partners in the region; believing that the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries not only needs to be maintained but also needs to be developed and made more substantial, especially in the context that the two countries have great potential for cooperation in economics, trade, investment and share common interests in ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Secretary of State Rubio said that the closer the two sides cooperate, the more opportunities will open up for bilateral relations and affirmed that the US is ready to accompany Vietnam in this process, for the benefit of the people of both countries.

President Donald Trump hopes the two sides will soon complete negotiations to implement a reciprocal tax agreement.

On the same day, Acting Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung met and discussed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Acting Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Acting Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung suggested that both sides maintain the positive development momentum of bilateral relations, including contacts and exchanges of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones. In terms of economy and trade, Vietnam has always been a reliable partner of the US, ready to increase purchases of US goods, especially high-tech products such as aircraft, semiconductor products, etc., expand the market for US goods and suggested that the US consider the specific factors of the Vietnamese economy in the process of negotiating the Reciprocal Tax Agreement between the two countries.

At the same time, the Acting Foreign Minister affirmed that Vietnam wishes to cooperate more closely with the US in areas of mutual concern, especially transnational crime, counter-terrorism, and ensuring cyber security.

The Acting Minister thanked and appreciated the US decision to maintain projects to support overcoming the consequences of war in Vietnam; emphasizing that cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war is an important pillar to help promote healing, reconciliation, build trust and create a foundation to promote bilateral relations between Vietnam and the US. The Acting Minister also thanked the US government for its support for the Vietnamese-American community and appreciated the community's contributions to US society and to the Vietnam-US relationship.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the US 's commitment to supporting a "strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous" Vietnam, emphasizing that the US always considers Vietnam one of its top priority partners in the region. The US will work with Vietnam to seek every opportunity to further promote practical measures to effectively and substantially implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in all fields.

Secretary of State Rubio affirmed that President Donald Trump wants the two sides to soon complete negotiations to implement a reciprocal tax agreement, thereby bringing benefits to both countries.

At the meeting, the two sides also discussed regional and international issues of mutual concern and agreed to promote cooperation in the spirit of respecting ASEAN's central role and promoting practical measures to contribute to maintaining security, stability and development in the Indo-Pacific region.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tong-thong-donald-trump-coi-viet-nam-la-doi-tac-uu-tien-hang-dau-o-khu-vuc-185250925045917847.htm