General Secretary To Lam hosts reception for U.S. Trade Representative
VGP - General Secretary To Lam hosted a reception for the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, in Washington D.C. on February 19 on the occasion of his tour to the U.S. to attend the Board of Peace's inaugural meeting.
General Secretary To Lam hosts a reception for the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, in Washington D.C., February 19, 2026
The top Vietnamese Party leader congratulated the U.S. on successfully organizing the Board of Peace's inaugural meeting, emphasizing that peace, security, and development are extremely important issues for nations and the world. He also congratulated the U.S. on achieving many national development accomplishments during President Donald Trump's second term. The General Secretary expressed his hope that President Trump and U.S. businesses would attend the APEC High-Level Week in Viet Nam in 2027.
General Secretary To Lam spoke highly of the achievements in cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, economy and trade, security and defence, and people-to-people exchanges. He hoped that both sides would work together to further promote the relationship, bringing practical benefits to both countries and their people, and contributing to peace, stability, development, and prosperity for the region and the world.
The Party chief welcomed the positive results achieved in the negotiation process of a reciprocal trade agreement and highly appreciated the role, attention and support of the US Trade Representative. He stated that Vietnamese agencies would continue to coordinate closely with the US side so that the two sides could finalise the agreement soon.
Greer respectfully thanked General Secretary To Lam for the meeting and congratulated him on his re-election at the 14th National Party Congress. He also respectfully conveyed President Trump's congratulations to the Vietnamese Party leader and expressed gratitude for the latter's attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace, highlighting the importance of the bilateral relationship.
The U.S. Trade Representative highly valued the positive results in the bilateral relations, including in the economic and trade sectors. He stressed that Viet Nam is one of the important trading partners of the U.S. and that strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation would contribute positively to the overall development of the relationship between the two countries.
Negotiations on a reciprocal, fair, and balanced trade agreement between Viet Nam and the U.S. have made significant progress and are entering a decisive phase, shared Greer. He underscored the importance of this agreement to economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, and highly appreciated the proactive and positive efforts of the Vietnamese negotiation team over the past time.
Greer affirmed that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and he personally would continue to coordinate closely with Vietnamese ministries, agencies and sectors, and make every effort to conclude the negotiation process as soon as possible, in accordance with the instructions of General Secretary To Lam and President Donald Trump.
On this occasion, Greer extended New Year greetings to General Secretary To Lam and the Vietnamese people./.
