Today (September 10) US President Joe Biden begins a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong. Since the two countries normalized relations in 1995, sitting US presidents have visited Vietnam. President Joe Biden’s visit continues this good “tradition”.
According to Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung, it is especially meaningful that the visit coincides with the two countries celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Comprehensive Partnership (2013-2023). With the momentum of comprehensive and comprehensive development of bilateral relations, President Joe Biden’s visit will create more framework and inspiration to bring Vietnam-US relations to a new level.
During the visit, President Joe Biden will hold important talks and meetings with Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong and senior leaders of our Party and state; There are activities with businesses and people. The two countries will review the comprehensive partnership in all sectors and set the direction for the relationship in the times to come, focusing on cooperation in science and technology, economics – trade and investment and communications. Save people and overcome the consequences of war. This will open a new chapter in Vietnam-US relations, as well as create more favorable objective conditions for Vietnam to gradually gain a higher position in the regional and global value chains. The two sides also plan to meet technology businesses and sign several important economic agreements and contracts that could be worth billions of dollars.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung Photo: VNA
Vietnam-US cooperation in areas related to green economic development, digital economy and high technology is growing rapidly. Both sides have signed several MoUs and maintain dialogue channels on digital economy, energy, science and technology. The US and several countries have signed the Fair Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), which is expected to mobilize USD 15.5 billion from various sources to support Vietnam’s transition to green energy and economic development. International.
Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung said that President Biden’s visit will promote cooperation between Vietnam and the US in three major directions in these areas. First, both sides will better define cooperation priorities in related areas such as high technology, artificial intelligence, telecommunication networks, etc. Second, both sides are planning to launch several initiatives. and specific cooperation mechanisms on semiconductors and high-tech human resource training. Third, on the occasion of the visit, agencies and businesses from both sides will sign a number of memorandums and agreements, which will create a foundation to help promote Vietnam’s strong development in green economy, digital economy and technology.
According to the Ambassador, people are the foundation of cooperative relations between countries. Looking back decades, even before relations between Vietnam and the United States were normalized, cooperation and humanitarian exchanges were undertaken by both countries to recover from the consequences of the war. It has contributed significantly in building trust, strengthening goodwill and promoting other areas of cooperation between the two countries.
In particular, cooperation is one of the bright points in overcoming the consequences of war. This is both the responsibility of the US side and an area in which both sides are committed to making further progress. Since 2018, the United States has invested financially and technologically to complete dioxin detoxification at Da Nang Airport, and now plans to devote more resources to accelerating the detoxification process at Bien Hoa Airport (Dong Nai). Is committed to. At the same time, the US side also committed to devote more resources to join with Vietnam in searching for soldiers missing in action and dealing with remaining bombs and landmines. Both parties know very well that time does not wait, so they need to get it done as soon as possible.
Promote people-to-people exchanges
People-to-people exchanges, especially educational and cultural cooperation, between the two countries are becoming increasingly vibrant. There are currently approximately 25,000 Vietnamese students studying in the US, ranking 5th in the world and maintaining the leading position in ASEAN in terms of the number of students studying abroad in the US. Vietnamese students and professors study and teach in most universities in the United States.
During President Joe Biden’s visit, the two countries will also launch several initiatives on human resource training and scholarships for Vietnamese students studying in the US. One of the priorities of the Vietnamese Embassy in the US is to inspire the US federal and state governments and parliaments to spend more resources on awarding scholarships, creating more favorable conditions for students studying in the US. This is a permanent foundation for the future of relations between the two countries.
