Deputy Foreign Minister Hà Kim Ngọc and the US’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow co-chaired the ninth Việt Nam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue in Hà Nội yesterday.

The United States treasures and wants to enhance its multi-faceted co-operation with Việt Nam, affirmed US Secretary of Defence James Mattis when being received by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng in Hà Nội yesterday.

Minister of National Defence General Ngô Xuân Lịch held talks with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, following a welcoming ceremony for the latter in Hà Nội yesterday.

Việt Nam values its comprehensive relations with the US on the basis of respecting each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political institutions, President Trần Đại Quang told visiting US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Hà Nội yesterday.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngô Xuân Lịch held talks with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington DC on Tuesday following a welcome ceremony the same day.