Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc (L), Senior Director the White House National Security Council Allison Hooker exchange congratulatory letters of Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Donald Trump (Source: VNA)New York (VNA) – The US Department of State hosted a gathering on July 10 to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-USdiplomatic ties with the chair of Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell.
Attending the event were Vietnamese Ambassador to the US HaKim Ngoc, Senior Director the White House National Security Council AllisonHooker, the council’s Senior Director for Southeast Asia Julie Turner and Directorof the Peace Corps Jody Olsen.
At the event, Ngoc and Hooker exchanged congratulatoryletters of Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong andUS President Donald Trump.
[Leaders of Vietnam, US exchange congratulations on diplomatic ties]
Stilwell reaffirmed the US policy of attaching importance toits comprehensive partnership with Vietnam and continuing to work with theSoutheast Asian nation in maintaining peace, stability, cooperation andrules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region.
The US side believed that specific results achieved in allcooperation fields over the past 25 years would serve as a momentum for thedevelopment of the two countries’ trusted partnership.
He also said he was impressed by Vietnam’s dynamicdevelopment as well as its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic economicrecovery.
Ngoc thanked the US Department of State for organising sucha meaningful event marking 25 years Vietnam and the US have built trust anddeveloped their relationship from two enemies to friends and comprehensivepartners.
The strong and stable partnership has contributed toboosting Vietnam’s socio-economic development and maintaining peace, stabilityand cooperation in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region at large, heaffirmed, adding that the two sides hold much potential to lift theirrelationship to a new height.
On this occasion, Director of the Peace Corps Jody Olsensigned a document committing to ink an agreement on the implementation of aPeace Corps Programme. The same document was signed by Vietnamese DeputyMinister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc in Hanoi on July 10afternoon.
On the same day, US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo issueda statement celebrating the 25th anniversary of the two countries' diplomaticties, in which he affirmed the US is committed to making the next 25 years ofbilateral ties a model of international cooperation and partnership./.
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