During his visit to Vietnam from April 27-30, Senator Inouye met with Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Deputy FM Minh praised the positive developments in the Vietnam-US relations while affirming that Vietnam will continue to pursue a foreign policy of openness, diversification, multilateral relations, and active international integration, in which the country attaches great importance to its relations with the US as a top strategic partner.

Mr Inouye expressed his delight at Vietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development and affirmed that the US Congress will strongly support joint efforts to bring bilateral relations to a higher level and will pay more attention to dealing with the consequences of war including Agent Orange (AO) issues.