On the evening of April 4, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam had a phone call with US President Donald Trump about Vietnam-US relations.

Attending the phone call were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chief of the Party Central Office Le Hoai Trung, and Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc.

General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the exchange, in which the two leaders affirmed their desire to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation for the benefit of the two countries, contributing to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

The two leaders assessed that the relationship between the two countries is developing well in all fields.

General Secretary To Lam talks on the phone with US President Donald Trump. Photo: VNA

Regarding bilateral trade relations, the two leaders discussed measures to continue promoting trade. General Secretary To Lam affirmed that Vietnam is ready to discuss with the US to continue reducing import tax to 0% for goods imported from the US; at the same time, he proposed that the US apply similar tax rates to goods imported from Vietnam, continue to import more goods from the US that Vietnam needs and encourage and create favorable conditions for US companies to further increase investment in Vietnam.

The two leaders affirmed that they will discuss to soon sign a bilateral agreement between the two countries to concretize the above commitments.

On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam respectfully invited President Donald Trump and his wife to soon visit Vietnam again.

President Donald Trump happily accepted the invitation and expressed his wish to meet General Secretary To Lam again soon.

President Donald Trump respectfully asked General Secretary To Lam to convey his warm regards to the leaders and people of Vietnam.

Vietnamnet.vn

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