Signing of 4 cooperation documents worth about 22 billion USD between Vietnam and the United States
At the Presidential Palace, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Donald Trump witnessed the signing ceremony of four cooperation documents between the two countries, with a total value of about 22 billion USD.
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| General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Donald Trump with delegates attending the signing of a trade agreement between VietjetAir and General Electric Company. Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA |
On February 27, at the Presidential Palace, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Donald Trump witnessed the signing ceremony of four cooperation documents between the two countries, with a total value of about 22 billion USD.
The signed cooperation documents include:
Contract for the purchase of 100 Boeing MAX 737 aircraft between Vietjet Air and Boeing (worth 12.7 billion USD);
12-year aircraft engine purchase and comprehensive maintenance service agreement between Vietjet Air and GE Aviation (worth 5.3 billion USD);
Contract for the purchase and sale of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between Bamboo Airways and Boeing, worth nearly 3 billion USD;
Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of technology and software services for aviation management applications between Vietnam Airlines Corporation and Sabre Company (USA).
Previously, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with US President Donald Trump.Trump, during his visit to Vietnam to attend the second US-North Korea Summit.
General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed President Donald Trump and the high-ranking US delegation to Vietnam and welcomed the US and North Korea for choosing Vietnam as the venue for the second Summit.
General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that Vietnam consistently implements a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations, proactively and actively integrating into the international community on the principle of respecting each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political institutions, as well as affirming the consistent foreign policy of the Party and State of Vietnam to attach importance to developing a comprehensive partnership with the United States.
President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude to Vietnam for its thoughtful support for the US-DPRK Summit despite the short time; affirmed that the US attaches importance to the Comprehensive Partnership with Vietnam, as well as Vietnam's role in the Asia-Pacific region; and emphasized that the US will continue to cooperate with Vietnam to promote the Comprehensive Partnership to develop more substantially and effectively in the coming time./.
