International press reports on the meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister and US President
Many international newspapers and news sites simultaneously reported on the meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and US President Donald Trump at the White House on May 31.
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the White House. Photo: Reuters. |
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met and held talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House on May 31. The two leaders discussed measures to strengthen bilateral relations, trade and issues of mutual concern. Many international newspapers and news agencies reported on this event.
ABC News broadcast live footage of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's motorcade arriving at the White House and being greeted by President Trump. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is the first Southeast Asian leader to visit the White House during President Trump's term, the news agency described.
In the article "President Trump welcomes Vietnamese leaders to the White House", AP quoted Mr. Trump as saying the two leaders will discuss many important topics, including trade."Vietnam just placed a very large order with the United States and we estimate that order is worth many billions of dollars, which means jobs for the United States and great equipment for Vietnam," the news agency quoted the US President.
CNBC quoted Jonathan Stromseth, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, as saying that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's visit to the US will "add momentum to the increasingly strategic Vietnam-US relationship".
US News reported that Vietnam and the US could sign many contracts worth billions of dollars during the meeting between the two countries’ leaders. The news site quoted Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the welcoming party of the US Chamber of Commerce on May 30 as saying that the value of the contracts could reach 15-17 billion USD.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the United States from May 29 to 31. This is Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's first official visit to the United States as head of government and also the first contact between a senior Vietnamese leader and US President Donald Trump since both countries had new leadership.
According to VNE
