Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and US Under Secretary of State Jose Fernandez co-chaired the first Vietnam-US Economic Dialogue in Washington D.C. on June 25.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (front, second from left) and other members of the Vietnamese delegation at the dialogue (Photo: VNA)
Washington D.C. (VNA) – Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and US Under Secretary of State Jose Fernandez co-chaired the first Vietnam-US Economic Dialogue in Washington D.C. on June 25.
The event had a significant meaning to the promotion of cooperation between the two countries, especially in economy, trade, and investment.
At the dialogue, the two sides sought specific measures to beef up bilateral partnership in five key areas, namely semiconductor technology ecosystem building; energy and key minerals; business environment; high quality investment attraction, strategic export control; and key information technology infrastructure and network security.
An overview of the dialogue (Photo: VNA)
Specific outcomes were generated at the dialogue, especially those in the field of semiconductor ecosystem. The two sides agreed on a number of detail measures to be taken in the field.
The dialogue created a premise to expand cooperation between the two countries in other fields, and they concurred to hold the second Vietnam-US Economic Dialogue in Hanoi in 2025.
🍷 Within the framework of his US trip, Minister Dung had working sessions with local leading technology firms on innovation, semiconductor, and artificial intelligence./.
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