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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will officially visit Vietnam on the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States, the State Department said today.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will officially visit Vietnam from October 29-30 at the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. according to the notice published today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the website.
Secretary Pompeo is traveling through a number of Asian countries. Before that, he attended the US-India Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi and then visited Sri Lanka.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his visit to Sri Lanka today. Image: Reuters.
Pompeo praised the cooperation between Vietnam and the United States over the past 25 years and vowed to turn the bilateral relationship into an international model in his July statement. The US Secretary of State stressed that the two countries have strengthened their trade and cooperation and private and strategic coordination on humanitarian issues and left-wing war issues, including the search for those missing in the war.
The United States and Vietnam also strengthen and expand the Comprehensive Partnership based on a shared vision of a stable and peaceful Indo-Pacific, as well as respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and political institutions.
The US Secretary of State also expressed appreciation for Vietnam’s achievements as ASEAN president this year, especially in coordinating ASEAN’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues. Economic recovery.
He said the relationship between the Vietnamese people and the United States is increasingly cohesive, partly thanks to the Vietnamese community in the United States. There are almost 30,000 Vietnamese students each year studying in the United States and more than 1,200 Americans study in Vietnam.
Vietnam – America began to normalize relations after the declaration of President Bill Clinton on July 11, 1995, marking the “sweet fruit” after a long time in the difficult negotiation process, due to suspicions. during the war.
In the past 25 years, two-way business turnover increased from $ 450 million in 1994 to $ 77 billion in 2019. For many years, the United States is Vietnam’s largest export market and Vietnam is one of the markets. Exports have the highest growth rates in the US.
In the framework of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) taking place in Hanoi this morning, three US corporations, including Bechtel, General Electric and McDermott, signed an agreement to jointly deploy equipment worth $ 3 billion. for the Bac Lieu LPG power plant project. The plant has a total capacity of 3,200 MW, it is the first large-scale power project invested by foreign investors in the form of an IPP (independent power project).
Hong Hanh
