US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam on April 14-16, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced on April 11.
The ministry said during his visit to Hanoi, Secretary Antony Blinken will hold important discussions with the Vietnamese side on the occasion of the two countries’ 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive Partnership.
On April 8, information about this week’s visit to Vietnam was also announced by Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, during a press conference in Hanoi on the occasion of the visit to Vietnam. of the delegation of five US Senators and led by him.
The US hopes to upgrade its bilateral relationship with Vietnam to a strategic partnership this year; especially at the time when the two sides celebrated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive partnership.
Since the beginning of this year, many high-ranking US delegations have visited Vietnam such as Trade Representative Katherine Tai in February; Director General of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power in March; Director of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Rochelle Walensky in April.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
