US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son

Blinken said the US values the comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, supports a strong, independent, self-reliant, and prosperous Vietnam that keeps innovating, expanding international integration, taking on a more important role in ASEAN and the region as well as in the international arena. He emphasized the US’s commitment to implementing the new relationship framework and agreements of the two countries' senior leaders.

FM Son said the US is a strategically important partner of Vietnam and that Vietnam will continue to work closely with the US to implement a more effective, substantive and stable comprehensive strategic partnership, while expanding the space for cooperation on the basis of respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and political institutions, to maintain development momentum for decades to come.

The two agreed on promoting the Foreign Minister-level Dialogue mechanism; effectively implementing existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including dialogue mechanisms on politics-security-defense, defense policy dialogue, and human rights dialogue. They agreed to actively coordinate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the two countries' normalization of relations next year.

On regional and global issues of shared concern, Minister Son proposed that the US continue to play an active role, contributing to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean as well as around the world. The two sides also discussed the East Sea issue and agreed on the importance of peace, security, stability, freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, and resolving disputes through peaceful measures in accordance with international law.