President Biden’s visit to create impetus for Vietnam-US ties: Ambassador
The visit of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to Vietnam on September 10-11 will be an occasion for leaders of both countries to look back at the past 10-year journey since the establishment of their comprehensive partnership, said Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US.
Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The visit of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. toVietnam on September 10-11 will be an occasion for leaders of both countries tolook back at the past 10-year journey since the establishment of theircomprehensive partnership, said Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former DeputyForeign Minister and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of theUS President’s visit, the veteran diplomat said the visit is also an occasionfor the two sides to create a new impetus and define the orientation for therelations in the next decades.
He expected that the two sides will expand cooperation to other fields, such asdigital transformation and green transition, besides education-training and waraftermath settlement, in which he believes great room still remains forenhancing collaboration.
The ambassador stressed that the past decade has seen strong and comprehensive developmentof the Vietnam-US relations.
The two sides have been strengthening mutual understanding, building trust andcreating a stable and long-term framework for win-win cooperation. Leaders ofthe two countries have made many mutual visits, creating the politicalfoundation for bilateral ties to grow.
He noted that development has been seen across all pillars ofthe bilateral relationship, from politics-diplomacy to economy, trade,investment, science-technology, and education, and in both bilateral andmultilateral frameworks.
Vinh particularly highlighted economic-trade collaboration asthe bright spot in bilateral ties. He cited statistics that show two-way tradesurged almost four times 10 years after the establishment of the Vietnam-UScomprehensive partnership, from 35-36 billion USD in 2013 to over 123 billionUSD at present.
“I think that the talks between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong andPresident Biden (in the upcoming visit) will further deepen the guidingprinciple of bilateral relations which is to develop the ties based on respect foreach other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and politicalinstitutions, mutual understanding, equal and win-win cooperation, and in thespirit of putting aside the past, overcoming differences andpromoting similarities towards the future,” Ambassador Vinh said./.
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Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US (Photo: VNA) 
