Vietnamese Prime Minister and the high-ranking delegation wrapped up September 28 the trip to the U.S. after gaining strong supports from foreign leaders for its United Nations Security Council bid and contracts worth billions of dollars signed with the U.S.’s partners, state media said Monday.
The PM came out of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly held in New York with a high optimism of a seat at the UN Security Council.
“The UN General Assembly will not conduct the vote on five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Vietnam, until October 16, but through contacts with leaders of nations, we have already received strong support and belief in the country’s capacity to discharge the mission of a non-permanent member in the UN agency,” Dung told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in an exclusive interview.
Dung, in his speech at the UN key debate September 27, affirmed that if elected Vietnam will try its utmost to work within the council to settle conflicts, ensure sovereignty and independence of nations, speed up programs for development and solve social problems on the global scale.
While in New York, Prime Minister Dung also attended some trade activities including the visit to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and met with leaders of the U.S.’s leading corporations such as Citi, Boeing, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips, Gannon and AIG.
The PM called on these groups to continue their investment into the Vietnamese market, noting that an agreement on investment protection will be possibly realized in the upcoming time to facilitate foreign investors including those of the U.S. to work in Vietnam.
On the occasion, seven contracts worth of billions of dollar were signed between businessmen of sides, outstandingly those between the Vietnam national Shipping Lines (Vinalines) and the Citigroup and SSA Marine to develop Vinalines’s fleets, seaports and maritime services.
Others include Understanding of Memoranda between the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) and the Citigroup and Bantry Bay Ventures Asia to cooperate in coal, aluminum and power sectors, a joint venture agreement between the Vietnam Auto Industry Corporation and the Cummins Engine Manufacturing Corporation, a US$950 million deal between the Duc Long Company and Bantry Bay Ventures Asia. (VNS, Vnexpress.net)
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