Int’l media talks about Vietnamese President’s visit to US
| 15:47' 18/06/2007 (GMT+7) | ||
Xinhua news is running an article titled “Vietnamese president leaves for US visit”. The article quoted the spokesman of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Dung as saying that the trip would bring the bilateral ties to a new stage with the deeper and broader development and it aimed to promote bilateral cooperation and accelerate the implementation of existing deals, especially in the fields of economy, trade, science and education.
“During the visit, the two sides are scheduled to sign a number of cooperative deals and business contracts, including a trade and investment framework agreement and a contract on plane purchase. The contracts are expected to be worth some 4.5 billion US dollars,” the article writes.
“Mr Triet, accompanied by 46 state officials, including leaders of the ministries of Education and Training, Posts and Telecommunications, Public Security, Industry, Finance, Trade, Planning and Investment, and Foreign Affairs, over 100 business people and 20 reporters, is scheduled to hold talks with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 22.”
Trade will be the main topic during the Vietnamese President’s visit, writes France’s AFP.
According to AFP, Mr Triet and US President George W. Bush will oversee the signing of an agreement that aims to pave the way for an eventual free trade pact. “Many US companies are hoping to start or step up business in Vietnam, a low-wage developing country that saw 8.2 percent economic growth last year and is emerging as a popular investment destination in Southeast Asia. “During Triet's visit, aircraft maker Boeing hopes to secure an order with Vietnam Airlines, and corporate deals are also expected in the energy, telecommunications, information technology and financial services sectors.” President Nguyen Minh Triet is the first Vietnamese head of state to visit Washington since the end of the US war in Vietnam in 1975, Reuters quoted an official of the US Embassy in Vietnam as saying. It forecasts that Mr Triet will be greeted by protests in support of Vietnam's tiny dissident community but according to Tom Valley, head of the Vietnam programme at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts: “I believe there is a recognition on both sides that individual events should not be an obstacle to continued dialogue aimed at strengthening ties.” “Among the issues to be discussed are efforts to clean up so-called "hot spots" of dioxin, commonly known as "Agent Orange", from three former American wartime air bases,” Reuters writes. The Radio Singapore International (RSI) reports, “Vietnam's relations with the United States are set to enter a new phase when President Nguyen Minh Triet makes an official visit to America.” “Bilateral ties between Hanoi and Washington reached an all time high in 2006 when the United States removed Vietnam from the State Department's list of Countries of Particular Concern, and approved Vietnam’s entry into the World Trade Organisation. President Triet and his entourage will seek to build on these foundations,” RSI reports. PV collected |
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