General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong will visit the United States.
Spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said that the General Secretary and President has accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to visit the United States, and the time of the visit will be arranged at an appropriate time.
The above information was given by Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the afternoon of March 14.
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| General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Donald Trump at the meeting on February 27 (Photo: Quy Doan) |
Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang said that during his recent visit to Vietnam, President Donald Trump invited General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong to visit the United States in 2019.
"The General Secretary and President happily accepted the invitation and the visit will be arranged at an appropriate time," said the Foreign Ministry spokesman.
On February 27-28, President Donald Trump visited Vietnam to attend the second US-North Korea Summit in Hanoi. On this occasion, US President Donald Trump held talks with General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.
President Donald Trump expressed his impression of the hospitality of the people and the impressive development of Vietnam and thanked Vietnam for its thoughtful support for the US-DPRK Summit, emphasizing that the United States will continue to cooperate with Vietnam to promote the Comprehensive Partnership to develop more substantially and effectively in the coming time.
President Donald Trump respectfully invites General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong to pay an official visit to the United States this year to continue discussing measures to deepen the Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries.