Vietnamese President wraps up successful US visit

08:25' 25/06/2007 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - President Nguyen Minh Triet wrapped up on June 24 his official visit to the US where he had had fruitful talks with President George Bush, a number of meetings with American politicians and businessspeople as well as the Vietnamese community. President Triet told VNA reporters that he had reached a consensus with President Bush on an array of issues and they all agreed to bolster the friendship and solidarity between the two countries and the two peoples. President Triet stressed that he and the US counterpart had shared the view that the two countries need to promote the exchange of visits and increase economic-trade cooperation. We also agreed to focus on the two countries' cooperation on science-technology, education, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, and humanitarian issues, including the assistance to Agent Orange/dioxin victims and the detoxification of dioxin-contaminated areas, he said. President Triet noted that he had frank and open discussions with President Bush and the leaders of the US House of Representatives and the Senate on the issues where differences remain and came to conclusion that more dialogues need to be held for further understanding. He also spoke about his stop-over at the Orange County ( California ), describing it as an affirmation of the Party and State leaders' desire to meet with the overseas Vietnamese in the US . "I wish the Vietnamese community in the US would always be successful. I hope that they would lend a helping hand for the homeland's national construction and act as a bridge between the two nations," President Triet said. Earlier on the morning of June 23 (local time), President Triet attended the Vietnam-US Business Forum in Los Angeles . The event was co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnam Businesspeople Association. Witnessing the signing of a score of cooperation and investment deals after the forum, President Triet informed the participants that during the visit, Vietnamese and American businesspeople inked economic contracts and agreements totalling 11 billion USD. Also on the day, President Triet had working sessions with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Senate of California and several city mayors. He also received representatives of 20 large businesses in the US West Coast on the day. (Source: Viet Nam Net)