247th anniversary of US Independence Day marked in Hanoi

On behalf of the Vietnamese Government, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan offered congratulations to the US leaders and people on Independence Day.

Emphasising that the US is one of the partners of leading importance to Vietnam, Minister Hoan highly valued the results of bilateral cooperation on regional and international aspects.

As the two countries are celebrating the 28th anniversary of their diplomatic ties and 10 years of the comprehensive partnership, he highlighted the important principles of the countries’ relations such as closing the past, overcoming differences, bringing into play similarities, working towards the future, and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

For his part, Ambassador Knapper said the US attaches importance to the comprehensive partnership with Vietnam; supports a strong, independent, resilient, and prosperous Vietnam; and wishes to continue promoting bilateral relations based on respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political regimes.

The US will continue paying attention to and reserve appropriate resources and budgets for strengthening cooperation with Vietnam in education, health care, and science-technology. It will also keep helping the latter with the settlement of war aftermath, climate change adaptation, and digital transformation, he noted.