In the talks, President Obama’s visit was described as underscoring the commitment to the US-Vietnam comprehensive partnership.
At the reception for US President Barack Obama, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated that Vietnam considers the US one of its top partners and that both countries should deepen their comprehensive partnership.
President Obama said that the removal of the arms ban on Vietnam aimed to create new changes in bilateral ties. He highlighted the importance of settling disputes in the East Sea by peaceful means on the basis of international law. Receiving the US President, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued the agreement of State President Tran Dai Quang and the President Barack Obama to intensify the comprehensive partnership of the two countries in a more practical and effective manner.
He emphasised the priorities of bilateral co-operation on economics, trade and investment, science and technology, human resource training and climate change response, saying that the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would be addressed by the 14th National Assembly on July. The same day, Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan also received President Obama.
