Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is on his way to visit and work in the US

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh waves goodbye before entering the plane to visit and work in the US – Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

According to the expected program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will join the leaders of ASEAN countries to attend the Special Summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of ASEAN – ASEAN relations. America on May 12 and 13 in Washington DC, at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister will also lead a Vietnamese delegation to visit and work in the United States and the United Nations from May 11 to 17. Within the framework of the visit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will have many meetings and work with high-ranking officials and large US corporations.

In addition, the Prime Minister is expected to participate in a policy discussion with professors and students at Harvard University and give a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Vietnam – Vietnam relations. America.

The relationship between Vietnam and the US has continued to develop positively over the past time. Leaders of the two sides maintained contact and telephone conversations at all levels, especially, we successfully organized activities of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2021, along with other meetings. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with President Joe Biden and special envoy John Kerry on the sidelines of the COP26 Conference in the UK in October 2021.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US continues to grow strongly with a total turnover of more than 111.56 billion USD in 2021. The US continues to be Vietnam’s largest export market, and Vietnam becomes the 9th largest trading partner of the US.

Regarding investment, by March 2022, US direct investment in Vietnam reached 10.3 billion USD, ranking 11th out of 141 countries and territories with FDI in Vietnam.

Large American enterprises continue to pay attention and invest in the Vietnamese market: Intel announced an additional investment of nearly 500 million USD in the factory in Ho Chi Minh City; Apple’s main manufacturing partner (Foxconn) additionally invests $270 million in Bac Giang…

On March 29, 2022, VinFast Group signed a contract to build a $4 billion electric vehicle and battery factory in North Carolina (USA).

Health cooperation and COVID-19 response between the two countries continues to be a bright spot, especially in supporting each other in medical equipment and vaccines, sharing experience in disease prevention and protecting citizens. . To date, the US has supported Vietnam with nearly 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, including nearly 39 million doses through the COVAX mechanism.

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