The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son today in Hanoi. The Secretary noted the progress the United States and Vietnam have made under the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership and discussed how the two nations can build on the momentum […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, thank you, everyone, very, very much.  This really is a particular pleasure because this has been a day long in the making. I heard about this project, I think, the first time I was here as deputy secretary from Ambassador Osius, then Ambassador Kritenbrink.  Marc, congratulations.  (Laughter.)  But thank you, in all […]

FOREIGN MINISTER SON:  Mr. Secretary, it is really a good moment in the relationship to welcome you back to Hanoi, your first official visit as Secretary of State to Vietnam.  We attach a great importance to your visit and worked very hard, closely with your team, and ambassador here to prepare for the visit, especially […]

GENERAL SECRETARY TRONG: (Via interpreter) First of all, I would like to welcome Mr. Secretary and the delegation with which your visit takes place on the 10th anniversary of our Comprehensive Partnership.  And it is also very meaningful because we are enjoying a very positive trajectory in our bilateral relations.  I am confident that your visit […]

As a demonstration of the enduring commitment to the United States – Vietnam relationship during the 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive Partnership, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper, Vietnam Foreign Mister Bùi Thanh Sơn,  Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People Committee Dương Đức Tuấn, alongside representatives from the U.S. […]

From April 17-18, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR) Brett Holmgren will travel to Seattle, Washington.  He will deliver remarks on INR’s mission at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and will participate in recruitment activities, meeting with faculty and students to highlight the opportunities and […]

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will deliver remarks followed by a brief Q and A session at the 18th Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation, on April 18, 2023, from 09:30 – 10:10 a.m. EDT at the Department […]

Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in her keynote address at the U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum on Thursday that “support for Ukraine is an investment in our own security and our own prosperity and the world that we and our children want to live in.”  That’s why the Department of State, USAID, the Department of […]

The United States welcomes the release of nearly 900 detainees from all sides of the Yemen conflict. This release reunifies hundreds of families ahead of Eid al-Fitr and takes place amidst a 13-month period of calm initiated by the UN-mediated truce. The UN and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated this prisoner release […]