Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich highly appreciated US co-operation with the Vietnam Coast Guards in enforcing the law at sea as well as participating in United Nations peace-keeping activities.
Regarding dioxin contamination in Da Nang International Airport, the defense minister said that the two sides should strive to complete phase two of the project before the APEC 2017 meeting takes place. Besides, the two sides are also researching dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa airport.
The US secretary of defense highly appreciated Vietnam's role and position in the region as well as Vietnam's efforts in finding the remains of Americans who died during the American War.
He committed to continue efforts to find documents and information related to the sacrificed Vietnamese soldiers during the American War and support Vietnam in decontamination efforts in Bien Hoa Airport. The Vietnamese defense minister handed Secretary Mattis new documents about locations of the remains of two American soldiers.
