On September 19, at the US Congress headquarters in Washington DC, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives; Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on the occasion of the Prime Minister's attendance at the High-level General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his delight at the important progress in bilateral relations in recent times, especially the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership framework for peace, cooperation and sustainable development during President Joe Biden's recent visit to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the contributions and support of the US House of Representatives in general and the House Foreign Affairs Committee in particular for the bilateral relationship.

The Prime Minister suggested that in the coming time, the two sides should soon put the new relationship framework into practice, focusing on promoting cooperation in areas such as economics - trade - investment, science - technology, innovation, semiconductor cooperation, training of high-quality human resources, digital transformation, energy transformation, and response to climate change.

The Prime Minister also hopes that the US Congress will support the US's early recognition of Vietnam's market economy status as well as continue to pay attention and devote resources to support Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of war.

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul expressed their desire to continue promoting cooperation and delegation exchanges between the two countries' parliaments in the coming time, focusing on priority areas of both sides such as economy - trade - investment, response to climate change, etc.

The basis for the two countries to continue to develop relations further

On the same day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam considers the US a partner of strategic importance. The establishment of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework between the two countries opens a new phase for enhancing extensive and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries in all fields, including cooperation between the two countries' National Assemblies.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the support and cooperation of the two countries' National Assemblies play an important role in concretizing new frameworks and areas of cooperation of the comprehensive strategic partnership in the coming time...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo: Duong Giang

Expressing their delight at the establishment of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, the senators said that this is the basis for the two countries to continue to further develop their relationship, bringing practical benefits to the people of both countries.

The parliamentarians highly appreciated the socio-economic achievements that Vietnam has made in recent times, becoming a country with an increasingly important role and voice in the region.

The congressmen affirmed that the Vietnam-US relationship has always received bipartisan support and agreed that the two sides need to continue to strengthen cooperation in key areas such as economics, trade, high technology, education and training, human resource development, climate change response, addressing the consequences of war, and people-to-people exchange.

The two sides also discussed regional and international issues of mutual concern, including agreeing on promoting ASEAN's central role, promoting the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and further strengthening the Mekong-US partnership.

Thu Hang ( from Washington, DC )

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