Prime Minister's keynote speech to US scholars

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered an important speech before a large number of US politicians, scholars, and ambassadors and representatives of embassies of ASEAN countries.

Within the framework of his official visit to the United States, on the afternoon of May 31 (local time), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the Heritage Foundation - the world's leading prestigious organization for independent strategic research and has an important influence on the process of planning and implementing US policies and many international issues.

The Prime Minister discussed a number of issues of interest to scholars.

Here, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered an important speech before a large number of US politicians, scholars, and ambassadors and representatives of ASEAN embassies, on the topic "Opportunities and challenges for peace, security, cooperation and development in Asia - Pacific and the development of the Vietnam - US Comprehensive Partnership".

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership is built on a solid foundation of the noble humanistic ideology of the spirit of “independence” as expressed in the US Declaration of Independence in 1776 and expressed by President Ho Chi Minh in the opening part of the Vietnam Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945.

Prime Minister speaks to a large audience of US politicians and scholars

Regarding the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership, the Prime Minister affirmed that the two countries share common interests in security and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam advocates developing a comprehensive, long-term relationship that respects independence, sovereignty, and mutual benefit with the United States, actively contributing to peace, prosperity, and development in the region and the world.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the cooperative relationship between the two countries has developed positively in all aspects such as economy - trade - investment, education, tourism, national security and defense with two-way trade in 2016 reaching 50 billion USD, 100 times higher than in 1995.

The United States is one of the 10 largest investors in Vietnam and there are currently 21,000 Vietnamese students studying in the United States…

Prime Minister talks to Heritage Institute scholars

The Prime Minister highly appreciated the US Government, politicians and scholars for supporting the settlement of disputes through peaceful measures on the basis of international law, the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, respecting diplomatic and legal processes, not using force or threatening to use force, not unilaterally changing the status quo, militarizing or imposing control at sea and in the air in the East Sea, fully and effectively implementing the DOC and soon moving towards the COC./.

According to VOV