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Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong spoke before lunch at the US State Department on 7/7/2015.
Vietnamese leaders sent telegrams congratulating Joe Biden and Ms. Kamala Harris on winning the elections and invited them to visit Vietnam.
State media reported congratulatory messages from the Secretary General, State President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent on November 30, 2020.
The content of the telegram is described as an expression of the confidence of Secretary General Trong and Prime Minister Phuc that “on the basis of the relationship built over the last 25 years, the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership. Continue to develop, deepen , effectively and sustainably, contributing to the benefits of the two peoples, peace, security, stability, cooperation and development in the region and in the world.
“On this occasion, the Senior Leaders of Vietnam respectfully invite the President and Vice President-elect to the United States to visit Vietnam as soon as possible,” the Government Office newsletter said. “On the same day, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh also sent congratulations to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.”
The congratulatory message from Vietnamese leaders was sent about a week after President Xi Jinping’s secretary general congratulated Joe Biden on Wednesday, November 28, on winning the US elections.
China appears to have waited until the United States Integrated Services Administration (GSA) recognized Biden as “the winner” and when Trump ordered his team to cooperate with the transition. energy delivery.
Chinese state media said Xi said in his congratulatory message to Mr. Biden that he hoped the two countries would “maintain the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation.” [để] focus on cooperation, control differences, promote healthy and stable development in China-US relations, join efforts with countries and the international community to promote a noble cause of peace and develop the world. “
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan also congratulated Vice President-elect Ms. Kamala Harris, Xinhua said, although he did not provide more specific information.
Thus, only a handful of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, have yet to acknowledge Biden’s victory.
About two weeks ago, when the Prime Minister of Vietnam was asked about the US elections, he said that “whoever wins the election, Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump, America is still a good friend of Vietnam, has a good association.” . in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding. “
In the 2016 election, when Trump was then president, Phuc called on December 14 to congratulate him directly.
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Biden’s team welcomes the start of the transition, as the Democratic president-elect will be sworn in on January 20.
Ahead of the news of the congratulatory messages from Hanoi leaders, Dr. Le Hong Hiep from the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak) in Singapore in an article on Nov.30 said that some analysis suggested that The Vietnamese did not congratulate Biden probably for “ trying to avoid provoking Trump, who may make adverse decisions with Vietnam during his last days in office. ”
This Vietnamese researcher and political analyst said that “although the Biden administration’s Vietnam policy has yet to wait to find out, there is reason to believe that relations between the United States and Vietnam will continue. Rather, there are changes and that bilateral relations will strengthen despite certain obstacles.
“With a strong desire for Hanoi to participate in counterbalance efforts with Beijing, Washington will probably not place great emphasis on human rights in its relations with Hanoi,” wrote Dr. Le Hong Hiep in his article ‘Vietnamese-American Relations during the Biden administration ‘posted on the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute website.
