On the morning of March 27, at the National Assembly House, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue received Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chairman of the Emerging Threats Subcommittee, US Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Delegation.
On behalf of the Vietnamese National Assembly, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue welcomed Ms. Kirsten Gillibrand, US Senators and Representatives... to visit and work in Vietnam.
This is the second visit of US Congress members to Vietnam in 2024 after the two countries upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The Chairman of the National Assembly expressed his belief that this visit to Vietnam by the delegation will contribute to strengthening mutual understanding and trust, bringing the relationship between the two National Assembly as well as the cooperation between the two countries to develop deeply and deeply. more substantive.
Ms. Kirsten Gillibrand thanked National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue for the warm welcome; expressed joy that the two countries' relationship has been upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which shows that Vietnam is the United States' leading partner in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Senator thanked the Government and people of Vietnam for their cooperation in resolving the consequences of war, searching for the remains of US soldiers, the remains of Vietnamese martyrs, and supporting people with disabilities; continue to implement commitments in resolving war consequences; wishes to promote cooperation in areas where the United States has strengths such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and veterinary medicine; promoting people-to-people exchanges through educational cooperation...
At the meeting, Senators and House of Representatives from a number of US states expressed their joy in returning to the beautiful country of Vietnam, affirming their desire to promote bilateral relations in the fields that the United States is interested in. Ky has strengths such as energy, highways, liquefied natural gas, clean fuel, coal processing into construction materials, Green energy transition, semiconductor field, environment, high-performance sports...
In a sincere and open atmosphere, the Chairman of the National Assembly thanked Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the delegates in the delegation for showing good feelings towards the country and people of Vietnam.
Welcoming the comments that summarized the two countries' relations, areas of cooperation as well as at the local level, the National Assembly Chairman stated clearly that Vietnam considers the United States a strategically important partner. strategy, highly appreciating the United States' consistent policy of supporting a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam.
Vietnam is ready to join the United States in promoting the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in an increasingly substantive, in-depth, and stable manner on the basis of respect for independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political institutions. each other's values, in accordance with the interests of the two peoples and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.
The upgrade of the two sides' relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has created momentum and opened up new space for the two countries to strengthen cooperation across all channels (Party, State, National Assembly and people); in all fields, including traditional fields and breakthrough fields such as: innovation, artificial intelligence, human resource training, cooperation in the semiconductor field, supply chain response and energy conversion, including the field of sports, especially high-performance sports, where Vietnam is in dire need of international cooperation.
Vietnam welcomes the United States to strengthen responsible cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region, and hopes that the United States, through the Indo-Pacific Strategy and regional initiatives, will continue to demonstrate strong strongly committed to supporting the central role of ASEAN, the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the Mekong-US Partnership, actively contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development In the area.
Discussing a number of specific areas of cooperation, the Chairman of the National Assembly thanked and appreciated the support of the two political parties in the US Congress and the Parliamentarians in the delegation in promoting relations between the two countries over the past time. .
The two sides have actively implemented the comprehensive strategic partnership and achieved many specific results. Delegation exchanges take place regularly, have substantive content, maintain annual dialogue mechanisms and exchanges to establish new dialogue mechanisms, and welcome the United States to officially launch consideration of bringing Vietnam out. from the list of non-market economies.
The two sides continue to promote cooperation in the fields of overcoming war consequences, humanitarian cooperation, and capacity building; Strengthen coordination in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on semiconductors.
According to the Chairman of the National Assembly, cooperation between the two countries' National Assembly is an important component in the overall Vietnam-US relationship.
In 2023, the two sides will increase mutual visits. These visits have contributed to strengthening understanding and trust between the two sides, while strengthening the United States' interest and support for the development of bilateral relations.
The Chairman of the National Assembly hopes that US Congressmen will continue to contribute more to deepen the relationship between the two countries and the two Congresses in the coming time, commensurate with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; Promote the exchange of delegations at all levels, especially high-level leadership delegations between the two National Assembly.
There have been five US Congressional Delegations visiting Vietnam in 2023 and two since the beginning of the year, showing that the US highly values its relationship with Vietnam.
The National Assembly of Vietnam looks forward to welcoming the President of the Senate, the Standing President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States to visit Vietnam soon at an appropriate time.
Along with that, the two sides research to establish dialogue mechanisms, exchange and coordination mechanisms between the two National Assembly and their agencies; Expand cooperation in many different forms to help US and Vietnamese Parliamentarians understand more about the situation in each country, especially between young Parliamentarians, female Parliamentarians, Parliamentary assistants...; helped promote the establishment of the Group of US Congressmen friendly to Vietnam, playing an important role in promoting and supporting the US Government to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in accordance with the conditions of the two countries.
The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war continues to be a bright spot in the two countries' relations, making an important contribution to the process of reconciliation, healing and building trust between the two peoples, and opening up more opportunities for cooperation in other key areas; At the same time, we recommend that the US Congress continue to give high priority to cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war; increase the budget to overcome dioxin hot spots, clear bombs and mines, support people with disabilities and search and identify the remains of Vietnamese martyrs.
The National Assembly Chairman affirmed that Vietnam will continue to fully cooperate with the US side in the MIA inventory as it has done for the past 50 years, including joint and unilateral activities.
Regarding economic-trade-investment cooperation, Vietnam has risen to become one of the 7 largest trading partners of the United States and is an important part of the regional supply chain. The United States is Vietnam's second largest trading partner and largest export market.
The Chairman of the National Assembly requested the US Congress to support the maintenance of stable, long-term trade relations between the two countries and encourage the creation of a favorable legal environment for investment in Vietnam.
Vietnam has gone through nearly 40 years of Doi Moi, participating in 19 bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with most economies in the world, of which 16/19 FTAs have taken effect. with more than 60 partners.
Hundreds of US businesses are doing business and investing in Vietnam. Currently, a number of countries including the UK, Japan, Korea, and Australia have recognized the fact that Vietnam has a market economy. Therefore, considering removing Vietnam from the list of non-market economies is also support for Vietnam's legitimate aspirations.
The National Assembly Chairman said that Vietnam has issued Power Plan VIII, wishing to cooperate in the fields of liquefied gas, renewable energy, wind power, and solar power; Affirming its determination to transform energy, implementing commitments at COP26, Vietnam wishes to cooperate internationally, including with the United States in building policy institutions, capital, and technology to gradually reduce the use of coal power, Increase the use of clean electricity and renewable energy.
On this occasion, the Chairman of the National Assembly affirmed that the National Assembly and the Government of Vietnam always strive to improve the legal framework, improve the investment environment, enhance competitiveness, and create favorable conditions for businesses, in There are US businesses cooperating in business and investing in Vietnam; We request that Congressmen continue to pay attention to creating conditions for the Vietnamese community in the United States to integrate, grow, and contribute to the relationship between the two countries.
Discussing international and regional issues of mutual concern, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized that Vietnam highly appreciates the Mekong-United States Partnership (MUSP), thanking the US side for increased cooperation and support. region in recent years as well as the United States supporting the stance of Vietnam and ASEAN regarding the East Sea.
At the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and US delegates emphasized the important role of the market economy; Appreciate that the two countries' trade turnover has exceeded 100 billion USD/year; believes that the two sides need to continue to increase trade of each country's quality products and goods to each other's markets.
US delegates also expressed interest in the legal framework to promote innovation, cooperation in the field of education and training of resources to develop the semiconductor industry.
The Chairman of the National Assembly shared that after the war, Vietnam has only had about 40 years of space and time for economic and social development. As a latecomer country, Vietnam needs to move faster to shorten the development gap, promote innovation, and industry is a strategic priority, associated with education and training.
With the goal of striving for the digital economy to account for 2025% of GDP by 20, about 2030% by 30, and currently only reaching 16% of GDP, the National Assembly and the Government are continuing to make efforts to innovate tectonic institutions. develop and create a foundation for innovation and spread entrepreneurial aspirations; Encourage large corporations to invest and establish innovation centers in Vietnam.
The Chairman of the National Assembly hopes that the US Congress and both houses of Congress will support Vietnam in implementing its commitments at COP26, the Fair Energy Transition Mechanism (JETP). The United States and G7 countries cooperate on technology, provide green financial resources... for Vietnam to achieve sustainable development goals stemming from Vietnam's own interests.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand highly appreciated the shares and exchanges of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and said that these shares will be studied by the team to be able to cooperate for the common values and goals between the two countries. ./.
