Deputy PM welcomes US Senator

VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on August 24 in Hà Nội received Senator Jim Webb, Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs who is on a working visit to Việt Nam.

August 24, 2011 2:18 PM GMT+7

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (R) and US Senator Jim Webb, Hà Nội, August 24, 2011 – Photo: VGP/Lê Sơn

The Deputy Prime Minister said he was glad to see developments in the bilateral ties and appreciated the Senator’s workable contributions to regional peace, stability, cooperation and development, the East Sea issue, and the Mekong Sub-region.

Mr. Phúc hoped that the two sides would cement and deepen linkages in such areas as economics, trade and investment.

Senator Jim Webb said that the US Congress would closely follow regional situations and support multilateral and peaceful solutions to disputes in the East Sea.

This is the second visit of Senator Jim Webb to Việt Nam this year. The first was in April./.

By Kim Loan