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US Lauds Future Promise of Vietnam Ties amid Historic Visit

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US Lauds Future Promise of Vietnam Ties amid Historic Visit

US vice-president says there is “nothing but promise on the horizon” for bilateral ties.

US Lauds Future Promise of Vietnam Ties amid Historic Visit

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong (right), pictured here alongside World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

Credit: Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden lauded the future promise of U.S.-Vietnam relations earlier today after participating in the first ever meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong as both countries celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of ties.

Biden, who called for an end to the Vietnam War when he was first elected as a senator in 1972, said it was remarkable that he was standing with the general secretary celebrating the 20th anniversary “with nothing but promise on the horizon” for bilateral ties. For all the progress that had been achieved thus far, he said that both Obama and himself viewed this as just the beginning of a relationship.

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