The 10th Vietnam-US political, security, and defense dialogue took place in Washington D.C on March 25 with a focus on maritime security among four aspects. 
The 10th Vietnam-US political, security, and defense dialogue in Washington D.C. Photo: MOFA
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Maritime security has been discussed in depth in talks between Bui Thanh Son and Deputy National Security Advisor Charles Kupperman and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver.
The senior officials put the tensions in the South China Sea on the table. The US side reiterated its strong commitments to ensuring the free and open India-Pacific. Washington reaffirmed its stance on the free maritime and air navigation in the sea, calling for substantive implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), and actions towards the completion of a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed region.
The two sides highlighted the improvements in politics with high-ranking visits, including visits paid by US President Donald Trump, State Secretary Mike Pompeo, among others during the Trump-Kim summit held in Hanoi late February.
And both countries agreed to strengthen partnership through exchange visits between top leaders in the time to come. Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong is slated to pay an official visit Washington this year.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and US Under State Secretary Andrea Thompson. Photo: MOFA
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In terms of security, the countries’ police have cooperated in cyber security, anti-human trafficking, drug smuggling, and anti-transnational crimes.
