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Jan 23, 2017 / 10:08

Vietnamese leaders congratulated US President, Vice President

By Anh Kiet

Vietnamese State and Government leaders yesterday cabled messages of congratulations to the 45th US President Donald Trump and the 48th US Vice President Mike Pence on their inauguration.

 
At the inauguration ceremony
At the inauguration ceremony
In the messages, President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and Permanent Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh wished that President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and the new administration of the US will reap more successes for the well-being of the US people, making positive contributions to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the world. 

They held that Vietnam and the US see great opportunities to further deepen cooperation within the framework of comprehensive partnership based on the principle of respecting international law, independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political regime of each other.

The Vietnamese leaders also expressed wish to work closely with the US to boost ASEAN-US ties, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and other regional mechanisms for peace, stability, cooperation and development.

The Vietnamese leaders reiterated the invitation to US President-elect Donald Trump to visit and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2017 in Vietnam, and spoke highly of Kerry’s contributions to normalising and promoting bilateral ties over the past decades. Vietnam will continue partnering with the new US administration to push forward the stable, long-standing, practical and effective bilateral ties. 

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