The relations between
“Economic cooperation continues to be a bright spot in bilateral relations,” says
Talking to a Washington-based Vietnam News Agency correspondent on January 3, the diplomat highlighted the recent fruitful achievements in the bilateral ties, saying that the comprehensive partnership, set up during President Truong Tan Sang’s visit to the
He stressed that the results contributed significantly to pushing the all-around ties, especially in politics-diplomacy with a series of all -level visits during 2014.
The two sides implemented 11 dialogue mechanisms in such areas as politics, security, defence, economy, development, democracy, human rights and labour, he added.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meets with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 25th ASEAN Summit in
According to the ambassador, economic cooperation continued to be a bright spot in bilateral relations. The
Remarkable progress was also seen in defence and security cooperation, evidenced by the
Sci-tech cooperation made a breakthrough as the civil nuclear cooperation Agreement 123 officially took effect from September 10, 2014, opening a great opportunity for both to forge links in the field.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung receives US Senator John McCain. Photo: Lam Khanh – VNA
The
Education cooperation and people-to-people exchanges were further expanded.
Regarding the tourism aspect, the number of American visitors to
Along with bilateral ties, the two countries effectively coordinated with each other at international and regional multilateral forums, with the first-ever organisation of a US-ASEAN defence ministers’ meeting.
However, Vinh noted that the relationship still faces many difficulties related to trade barriers or differences in democracy and human rights issues.
The diplomat voiced that the year 2015 will be an important year for Vietnam-US relations, offering a good chance for the two sides to further spur their relations for the sake of the two peoples, as well as for peace and stability in the region and the world at large.
The primary and most important task for the year is how to further deepen the comprehensive partnership in all priority cooperation fields, especially economy, science-technology and education, so as to make breakthroughs in the areas, he stressed.
2015 will also mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations, he said, adding that the two sides should take the occasion to enhance mutual understanding among their people, thus promoting their bilateral ties.
Regarding the role of the Vietnamese community in the US, Vinh said about two million Vietnamese people – nearly half of overseas Vietnamese are living in the US and they always make positive contributions to the homeland’s development, as well as serve as a bridge linking the friendship and cooperation between the two peoples.
Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, General Chief of the Staff/Deputy Minister of Defence hosts the welcoming ceremony for General Martin Dempsey,
The Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue takes place in
Denise Rollins, Bureau for Asia’s Acting Assistant Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) inspects the dioxin detoxification project at