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Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet left Ha Noi on June 18 for a six-day official visit to the United States at the invitation of US President George W.Bush.
The visit, which is the first to the US by a head of state of Viet Nam, takes place in the context that the Viet Nam-US relationship has fully normalised and seen positive developments, bringing practical results and meeting the interests and aspirations of the two countries’ people.
Two joint statements by leaders of the two countries, which were issued in June 2005 and November 2006, affirmed the two countries’ will to develop multi-faceted, constructive and friendly partnership on the basis of equality and mutual respect and benefit in an extensive, sustainable and efficient manner.
Impressive progress has been made in trade-economic relations. Two-way trade between the two countries reached 9.7 billion USD in 2006, of which Viet Nam earned 8.6 billion USD from exports to the US.
By April 2007, US businesses poured 2.3 billion USD into Viet Nam, ranking eighth among countries and territories investing in the country.
Bilateral cooperation in humanitarian activities, culture, tourism, sports and the fight against terrorism and trans-national crimes has been gradually expanded.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Director of the Presidential Office Nguyen Van Chien.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan, Minister of Posts and Telematics Do Trung Ta, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Tam Chien and deputy ministers of the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Public Securities, Industry, Finance, Planning and Investment, Science and Technology and Trade also join the delegation.
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