'United States - leading important partner of our country', says Vietnam's foreign minister

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (right) and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meeting in Hanoi on Monday, June 13, 2022. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, June 14 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam considers the US a leading important partner and stands ready to work together with the country to deepen the bilateral comprehensive partnership in an effective and practical manner, on the basis of respect for independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political institutions of each other, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has affirmed.

Speaking at a reception for US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Hanoi on June 13, Son thanked the US administration and Congress, including the Department of State, for their warm welcome for the Vietnamese delegation during their trip to the US last month for the ASEAN-US Special Summit and visits to the US and the UN.