FM Bui Thanh Son meets USAID Administrator Samantha Power
WVR/VNA - On March 25, in Washington D.C., Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a working session with USAID Administrator Samantha Power as part of his US trip to co-chair the first annual dialogue between the Foreign Minister of Vietnam and the US Secretary of State.
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| FM Bui Thanh Son meets USAID Administrator Samantha Power: Overview of the meeting. (Photo: WVR) |
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power affirmed that the agency always prioritises the development of relations with Vietnam, and vowed that the USAID will continue to work for the implementation of the US-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership and agreements reached by senior leaders of the two countries.
Reviewing the partnership between Vietnam and the USAID in overcoming war consequences, supporting persons with disabilities, education-training, and health care, Minister Son highly valued the USAID’s assistance to Vietnam, and expressed his hope that the agency will continue to provide resources for the implementation of dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa airport, searching for missing Vietnamese soldiers, enhancing Vietnam’s capacity in DNA analysis, supporting persons with disabilities, and war victims. At the same time, the US should consider new areas of cooperation such as high-quality human resources training, climate change response, energy transition, while turning Fulbright University into a regional training centre.
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| FM Bui Thanh Son meets USAID Administrator Samantha Power: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and USAID Administrator Samantha Power (Photo: WVR) |
USAID Administrator Power briefed the Vietnamese Foreign Minister on the situation of USAID projects in Vietnam, underlining that the agency will continue to focus on cooperation in dealing with war aftermath, including dioxin detoxification in Bien Hoa, enhancing the DNA analysis for Vietnamese scientists, improving health care and social services in order to enhance the living conditions for persons with disabilities, and support Vietnam in mitigating climate change impactsand promoting sustainable development, human resources training, health care infrastructure, and disease prevention and control.
The two sides concurred to continue to work closely together in approving and effectively developing USAID projects in Vietnam, contributing to fostering the Vietnam-US comprehensive strategic partnership.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
