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Vietnam wants to deepen relations with U.S: PM
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said here
on Monday that Vietnam wants
to deepen cooperative relations with the United States in a constructive and
friendly spirit and on the basis of mutual respect for common benefits and
development of the two countries, the government website reported.
Dung made the remarks when meeting with the visiting
Chairman of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Lester Crown on Monday.
At the meeting, Dung said the visit would contribute to promote the cooperative
relations between Vietnam
and Chicago particularly and between Vietnam and the United States generally.
The Vietnamese prime minister said the Vietnam-U.S. relations in the past 15
years have witnessed fine development in various areas such as economy,
culture, education and defense.
To boost relations between the two countries in the coming time, Dung expressed
his desire that the United States
would not set up trade barriers to several kinds of Vietnamese products
exported to the U.S.
market such as basa fish and garment and textile.
The prime minister would like to see a stronger cooperation from the United States
in disarming landmines and giving aid to the Agent Orange victims as part of
the efforts to deal with the consequences of the Vietnam-U.S. war, said the
report.
Vietnam hoped to receive
support from the United
States in the country's response to climate
change and rising sea level, said Dung.
Chairman of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Lester Crown said he
appreciated the fast and strong development of Vietnamese economy.
Vietnam is always an
attractive destination for the U.S.
companies and Vietnam's
investment policy has created favorable conditions for the successful business
of U.S. companies in Vietnam,
said Crown.
Crown expressed his desire that Vietnam
would create more favorable conditions for Chicago's
companies in particular and the U.S.
companies in general to come to Vietnam
and build an effective and long-term business here.
In 2009, bilateral trade between Vietnam
and the United States
reached 15 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 10 times compared to the figure
of 2001. The United States
is currently one of the biggest investors of Vietnam. It poured an investment of
about 10 billion U.S. dollars in the country last year, according to the
report.
