Further strengthening political trust between Vietnam and the United States

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that the working trip to the United States by General Secretary and President To Lam will contribute to further strengthening political trust and strategic confidence, ensuring the aspirations of the people of both sides.

General Secretary and President To Lam's working trip to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly and work in the United States is an important occasion for Vietnam to affirm its foreign policy of multilateralization and diversification of relations, being a friend, a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community. This was affirmed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in a press conference about the significance of the visit, which will take place from September 21-24.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son

PV : Could you please tell us about the significance of General Secretary and President To Lam's working trip to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly and work in the United States?

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son : This is the first working trip to the United States by the General Secretary and President in his new position to attend multilateral foreign affairs activities. This is also the first time a General Secretary and President of our country has directly attended high-level meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

Taking place in the context of the world and the United Nations witnessing many profound changes, with many traditional and non-traditional challenges, strongly impacting multilateral institutions, cooperation and sustainable development globally and for each country, the content of this conference is very "correct and accurate". With 150 Heads of State and Government of United Nations member countries expected to attend, the United Nations and the international community will review and find effective ways to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) until 2030, and set out major development orientations for the coming period. At the United Nations, General Secretary and President To Lam will bring important and strong messages in support of multilateralism, with the central role of the United Nations in peace, cooperation and development in the world. This is also an opportunity for Vietnam to once again affirm its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification of foreign relations, proactive and active international integration, being a friend, a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community, always actively contributing to peace , friendship, cooperation and development in the region as well as in the world. The working trip of General Secretary and President To Lam to the United States takes place on the occasion of the first anniversary of the two countries establishing relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and actively preparing for activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - US diplomatic relations in 2025. This is an important occasion for the two sides to review the achievements brought about by the new framework of relations, and at the same time discuss major orientations and measures to continue maintaining the positive, stable and substantive development momentum of the relationship in the coming years. The two sides will continue to adhere to the fundamental principles of the bilateral relationship, including "respect for the United Nations Charter, international law and respect for each other's political institutions, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity", further consolidate political trust and strategic trust, ensure the aspirations of the people of both sides, and make more positive contributions to peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development in the region as well as in the world. Within the framework of this working trip, General Secretary and President To Lam will have important bilateral meetings with leaders of the US Government, attend and speak at events towards the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations and one year of upgrading relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, as well as meetings and working sessions with the participation of leading US officials, businesses, experts and scholars. Reporter : On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister, please tell us about Vietnam's contributions to the United Nations? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son : Over the past 50 years, the relationship between Vietnam and the United Nations has been developing positively, increasingly deepening, and constantly being consolidated and strengthened. In the stages of national reconstruction, post-war recovery, breaking the embargo and gradually integrating into the world, Vietnam has had the companionship and assistance of the United Nations. Most recently, in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations has promptly supported Vietnam, especially in terms of vaccines, to soon control the pandemic and restore the economy . Vietnam has become a reliable, active and responsible partner of the international community as well as the United Nations. We have participated more and more proactively, actively, and made more and more substantial and profound contributions in terms of ideas, people, and resources in all areas of the United Nations' pillar activities on peacekeeping, security, and development cooperation; Among them, we can mention the successful implementation of the Millennium Development Goals since the 2000s and are currently actively implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, taking the lead in implementing the One United Nations initiative for unified action by United Nations organizations in Vietnam, actively participating in the major priorities of the United Nations on peace, development and ensuring human rights. We are also trusted and have high expectations from the international community, and have successfully held many important positions at the United Nations. The United Nations leaders always appreciate the role and contributions of Vietnam and hope that Vietnam will continue to play an increasingly active role in the United Nations' priority areas. Reporter : On the US side, how do the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister evaluate the results of cooperation between Vietnam and the United States? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son : Regarding the Vietnam-US relationship, after one year of implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, cooperation between the two countries has achieved many positive results in a number of areas as follows: Firstly, contact and delegation exchange activities have been very active at all channels and levels. In addition to maintaining existing annual dialogue mechanisms, the two sides have successfully launched new annual dialogue mechanisms such as the Foreign Ministers' Dialogue, Economic Dialogue and Security and Law Enforcement Dialogue, thereby concretizing the commitments of the two sides in the 2023 Joint Statement. Secondly, economics - trade - investment, this is also an important driving force for the relationship between the two countries. Bilateral trade turnover in the first 8 months of 2024 reached nearly 88 billion USD, an increase of 22% compared to 2023. Many large enterprises of the two countries actively expanded investment in each other's markets, creating a strong intertwining of interests between the two sides. Third, security and defense cooperation continues to be implemented effectively, in which cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war continues to be a priority and an important pillar in the bilateral relationship, achieving many substantive results; security cooperation and law enforcement are increasingly strengthened... Fourth, the two sides continue to coordinate closely at important multilateral mechanisms and forums as well as substantive cooperation to respond to global issues. In addition, with issues that remain different, the two sides will continue to strengthen dialogue in a frank, constructive spirit and pay attention to each other's legitimate interests. Reporter : Thank you, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

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