US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry said in a meeting with Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh in Hanoi on February 23 that the US remains ready to assist Vietnam in developing renewable energy.

At the meeting between US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh in Hanoi on February 23. (Photo: VNA)

Kerry praised Vietnam's policies, orientations, and achievements in the field of clean and renewable energy development, saying the country had a lot of potential and advantages.

According to VietnamPlus, he stated that the United States values its comprehensive collaboration with Vietnam and expressed his optimism that the positive relationship will continue to flourish in the future.

Tran Tuan Anh complimented Kerry's efforts to the two countries' multifaceted collaboration and thanked the US government and people for their prior donations of Covid-19 vaccinations and medical equipment to Vietnam.

He praised President Joe Biden's administration's commitment to advancing global efforts to address the climate catastrophe.

Anh reaffirmed the Vietnamese Party's and State's determination to adapt to climate change and meet international climate commitments.

He urged the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change to contribute more to the worldwide planning and implementation of US climate change policy, particularly in Vietnam.

Also on February 23, in a meeting with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh stated that climate change response is an area of strategic cooperation between Vietnam and the United States.

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PM Minh informed US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry, who is visiting Vietnam from February 22 to 25, that shifting to a green, circular, low-carbon growth model is also a major, urgent job for the Vietnamese government.

The Deputy Prime Minister urged Kerry to continue to support the US in increasing financial and technical assistance to Vietnam in order to enable the country to meet its pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 set at the 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26).

He praised the progress made in the Vietnam-US comprehensive relationship in all areas, noting that two-way trade reached 111 billion dollars last year.

He commended Kerry for his efforts and achievements during the decades-long normalization and strengthening of Vietnam-US relations.

The Deputy Prime Minister urged that the two countries work together to promote bilateral ties in a stable, long-term, pragmatic, and effective manner in the future.

He also commended the US government for donating 29.1 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam and praised the US resolve to increase financing to deal with the war's aftermath in the Southeast Asian country.

Minh proposed that the US continue to support Vietnam in areas such as education and training, health care, humanitarian aid, and the digital economy.

In response, Kerry reaffirmed the US commitment to upholding Vietnam's political institutions, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, while also emphasizing that the US values its comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam and hopes to take it to new heights in the future.

He praised Vietnam's commitment to net-zero emissions and stated that the US will continue to improve cooperation and assist developing countries, including Vietnam, in responding to climate change, particularly in clean energy development, infrastructure, and water and other natural resources management.

He said the US will take up programs aimed at resolving war-related issues, such as dioxin contamination remediation at Bien Hoa airport in Dong Nai's southern province, and would increase partnership with Vietnam in education, training, development, and science and technology, according to VietnamPlus.

On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Minh expressed his hope that the United States would strengthen comprehensive, long-term, and inclusive cooperation in the region, support ASEAN's intra-bloc solidarity and centrality, and promote the ASEAN-US strategic partnership as well as the Mekong-US partnership.

The two sides also discussed international and regional issues, such as the East Sea dispute.

They pledged to work together in the United Nations (UN) and other multilateral forums to help maintain peace, stability, security, and development in the region and around the world.

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