U.S. vows to work closely with Viet Nam for successful APEC Year 2027
VGP - The U.S. will closely work with Viet Nam to successfully host the APEC 2027, said Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker during her meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang (R) meets Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker, Washington D.C., the U.S., February 6, 2026
The meeting took place within the framework of the Vietnamese delegation's working visit to the U.S. to attend the sixth round of negotiations of the Viet Nam–U.S. Reciprocal Trade Agreement from February 2–6.
At the meeting, the U.S. side highly appreciated Viet Nam's role and credibility in organizing the APEC Year for the third time, and acknowledging the nation's active spirit in preparing for the APEC 2027.
Hooker warmly congratulated Viet Nam on the successful organization of the 14th National Party Congress, expressing her confidence in Viet Nam's development prospects as well as the Viet Nam–U.S. bilateral relations.
She expected that the bilateral relations will maintain their positive momentum, including the early conclusion of a balanced and fair Reciprocal Trade Agreement, thereby creating a foundation to advance cooperation between the two countries across various fields.
Nguyen, for her part, expressed her delight at the positive developments in the Viet Nam–U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, affirming that Viet Nam attaches great importance to this partnership and calls on both sides to maintain regular high-level engagements and further deepen bilateral cooperation across various fields, especially in economy, trade, investment, science and technology, and innovation.
Viet Nam hopes to develop economic and trade relations with the U.S. towards a more balanced and sustainable manner, on the basis of compatibility with the interests, capacities, and institutional frameworks of each side, told the Vietnamese official.
She expressed thanks to the U.S. for its support and close coordination with Viet Nam in the APEC engagement over many years, adding that hosting APEC 2027 will be one of Viet Nam's top multilateral foreign policy priorities in the coming period.
In her capacity as Standing Vice Chair of the National Committee for APEC 2027, Nguyen urged the U.S. to continue its support and close coordination with Viet Nam in successfully organizing the APEC 2027.
Both sides vowed to continue efforts toward concluding negotiations and signing the Reciprocal Trade Agreement, thereby contributing to a more sustainable and effective development of Viet Nam–U.S. economic and trade relations for the benefit of their businesses and peoples.
The occasion, the Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister had meetings with the U.S. Senior Official to the APEC Forum, leaders of the National Center for APEC, and senior vice president for Asia at the US Chamber of Commerce.
The U.S. officials pledged to make effective contributions to related activities during the APEC 2027 in Viet Nam./.
