President Biden Insults Vietnam By Divulging President Vo Van Thuong “Desperately” Wants To Meet With Him.
President Biden Insults Vietnam By Divulging President Vo Van Thuong “Desperately” Wants To Meet With Him.
Didn’t Then Candidate And Hasn’t President Biden Comment Upon Donald Trump, 45th President Of The United States, When He Publicly Communicated Conversations With Heads Of State And Heads Of Government?
Desire To Be On United States Soil For September 11th Ceremony Is Reason President Biden Giving Short Shrift To One Of The Largest United States Trade Partners And Important Political Relationship.
Arriving Late In The Evening To Hanoi Already Tired From Two Days Of Participation In The G20 Leaders’ Summit In India After A 4.5 Hour Flight And Then Departing Early In The Following Afternoon, White House Staff Will Focus The Eighty-Year-Old President On Photo Opportunities For Use By Media And His Re-Election Campaign, Presiding At Announcements Of Decisions Previously Crafted By Staff, And Avoid Meaningful One-On-One Engagement With Broad Business And Political Leadership.
Perhaps, Another Bilateral Visit During The United Nations General Assembly In New York In September 2023.
With only several hours for actual conversation (divided in half due to simultaneous translation), demonstrative that Joseph Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021- ), will likely not be in the city of Hanoi, capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to “explore opportunities” for seven (7) identified subjects.
“I’ve gotten a call from the head [Võ Văn Thưởng, President] of Vietnam, desperately wants to meet me when I go to the G20. He wants to elevate us to a major partner, along with Russia and China. What do you think that’s about? No, I’m not joking.” 29 July 2023 at campaign event in Freeport, Maine.
“I’m going to be going to Vietnam shortly because Vietnam wants to change our relationship and become a partner.” 8 August 2023 at campaign event in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The White House
Washington DC
28 August 2023
Statement by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s Travel to Vietnam
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam on September 10, 2023. While in Hanoi, President Biden will meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other key leaders to discuss ways to further deepen cooperation between the United States and Vietnam. The leaders will explore opportunities to promote the growth of a technology-focused and innovation-driven Vietnamese economy, expand our people-to-people ties through education exchanges and workforce development programs, combat climate change, and increase peace, prosperity, and stability in the region. On Monday, September 11th, the President, Vice President, First Lady, and Second Gentleman will all mark the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001. The President will travel to Alaska to participate in a memorial ceremony with members of the military and their families. The Vice President and the Second Gentleman will participate in a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The First Lady will lay a wreath at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the lives lost on September 11th.
The White House
Washington DC
28 August 2023
The President will depart the United States on Thursday, September 7 and arrive in New Delhi on Friday, September 8. He will then travel to Hanoi the evening of September 10 where he will remain overnight. The President will depart back to the United States the afternoon of Monday, September 11.
The White House
Washington DC
28 August 2023
Press Briefing By Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
As we just announced moments ago, President Biden will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 10th following his participation in the G20 Summit in New Delhi. While in Hanoi, President Biden will meet with key leaders to discuss ways to deepen the cooperation between the United States and Vietnam. The leaders will explore opportunities to promote the growth of technology; focused and innovative -- innovation-driven Vietn- -- Vietnamese economy; expand our people-to-people ties through education exchanges and workforce deployment -- development programs, I should say; combat climate change; and increase peace, prosperity, and stability in the region. And on Monday, September 11th, the President, the Vice President, First Lady, and Second Gentleman will mark -- all will mark the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001. The President will travel from Hanoi to Alaska to participate in a memorial ceremony [Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage] with members of the military and their families.
Q And then, quickly on Vietnam: The statement you put out doesn't mention human rights or the fact that the chairman is the leader of a socialist communist country that has been backsliding on human rights. Is that going to be part of the conversations? And what –
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: And you've heard us say this many times -- you've heard it from our national security advisor; you've heard it from -- from the President; you've heard it from many members of this administration -- that this is a president that never shies away on bringing up human rights with any leader. And so, I'm not going to get ahead of the agenda. I'm not going to get ahead of a conversation. But certainly, this is not something that the President -- when it comes to human rights, it’s not something that the President shies away from and bring -- he certainly brings that up.
Q On Vietnam, Politico reported that part of what would be announced -- and I know you gave kind of a long readout at the top -- was the strategic partnership agreement on AI and semiconductors. Is the -- are you expecting them to sign that while he is there?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, we'll have more to share on that trip -- on the agenda, deliverables, what we're -- what we’re expecting the conversation to look like and to be. I just don't want to get ahead of that at this time.
From Associated Press (AP): “The United States for years has sought to strengthen relations with Vietnam, which has cautiously approached entreaties by Washington. Both China and Russia have long served as key trading partners for Vietnam. China’s border is less than 60 miles (96 kilometers) from Hanoi and Vietnam, like many of China’s neighbors, has had maritime and territorial disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. The two sides fought a brief war in 1979. But China is Vietnam’s biggest trading partner.
Earlier this year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Vietnam weeks after the 50th anniversary of the U.S. troop withdrawal that marked the end of America’s direct military involvement in Vietnam. He pledged to boost relations to new levels. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in July also travelled to Hanoi.
Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam were only restored in 1995. Since then, bilateral trade has grown, reaching a high of $138 billion in goods trade last year. Vietnam has become a major export production hub for global manufacturers like South Korea’s LG and Samsung Electronics, suppliers to Apple, Inc. and auto makers like Honda and Toyota. Vietnam’s star has risen as manufacturers look to shift production from China, because of geopolitical tensions and a push in many industries to diversify supply chains that were strained by the coronavirus pandemic.”