(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday shared the view that Vietnam-US relations are growing well, based on their respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, political regimes, and mutual benefits.
 Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
During their phone talks on Friday, Blinken spoke highly of Vietnam’s success in COVID-19 response, saying the US will continue assisting countries, including Vietnam, to access vaccines via the COVAX Facility and partner nations.
The US attaches importance to and supports ASEAN’s centrality in the region and the Mekong-US partnership, Blinken said, adding that both sides need to continue coordinating on issues of common concern regionally and internationally, helping to consolidate peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the wider world.
The two ministers agreed to continue strengthening collaboration to help further expand and intensify bilateral relations, with a focus on economic, trade, investment links, settlement of war consequences, maritime capacity building, science-technology, education-training, COVID-19 prevention and control, climate change response, and environmental protection.