President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan received US Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time visiting Vietnam.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan welcomed and received US Vice President Kamala Harris visited Vietnam from 24-26 / 8 according to her invitation.

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Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (right) received US Vice President Kamala Harris at the President this morning.

This is the first time Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan receives international guests to visit Vietnam since taking office, according to the World and Vietnam Newspaper, the speech of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ceremony welcomes and continues on the second day the US Vice President visited Vietnam.

Immediately after meeting Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice President Harris met President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vice President reaffirmed the United States supporting a strong, independent and prosperous Vietnam, continuing to innovate and expand international integration and take care of an increasingly important role in ASEAN and the region.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam consistently implemented independent foreign policy, autonomy and ready to be a reliable partner, contributing positively to peace, stabilizing and developing in the region and so

The President emphasized that Vietnam wants to continue to strengthen the comprehensive partnership in depth, efficiency, solidity, mutual benefit, on the principle of respect independence, sovereignty, all

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) received US Vice President Kamala Harris at the president this morning.

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked President Joe Biden to aid 5 million doses of Covid-19 Vaccine for Vietnam through the Covax mechanism.

US Vice President highly appreciated Vietnam attempted to control the Covid-19 pandemic and reaffirmed the US commitment to continue to support Vietnam to repel the pandemic.

The two leaders agreed to strengthen relationships and promote cooperation in many areas, especially economic, trade and investment cooperation, security - national defense, overcome the consequences of war, response

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized the importance of bilateral economic and trade systems and highly appreciated by the two sides of the construction spirit, has reached an agreement on monetary exchange rate policy issues.

This afternoon, Ms. Harris will attend the opening ceremony of the US Office of Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) in Southeast Asia in Hanoi and witnesses the signing of land lease contracts for construction projects

Harris came to Vietnam after the end of the visit to Singapore, where she committed to the United States to stay long with Southeast Asia as well as the Indian Ocean - Pacific region.

The visit took place in the context of the Vietnam - US relations on the momentum of the past years, especially in the fields of trade, maritime security and CoVID-19 response cooperation.