On the evening of April 4, General Secretary To Lam had a phone call with US President Donald J. Trump about Vietnam-US relations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Attending the phone call were Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Hoai Trung, and Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc.
General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the exchanges, in which the two leaders affirmed their desire to continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation for the benefit of the two countries and contribute to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.
The two leaders both assessed that the relationship between the two countries is developing well in all fields.
Regarding bilateral trade relations, the two leaders exchanged measures to continue promoting trade, in which General Secretary To Lam affirmed that Vietnam is ready to exchange with the US to bring the import tax rate to 0% for goods imported from the US, and suggest the US tax on goods imported from Vietnam, continuing to import many goods from the US to enhance the US demand to enhance the US investors. Moreover to Vietnam.
The two leaders affirmed that they will discuss to soon sign a bilateral agreement between the two countries to concretize the above commitments.
On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam respectfully invited President Donald J. Trump and his wife to soon visit Vietnam.
President Donald J. Trump happily accepted and expressed his desire to soon meet General Secretary To Lam again.
President Donald J. Trump respectfully asked General Secretary To Lam to convey his warmest greetings to the leaders and people of Vietnam.