Việt Nam’s upgrade of ties with major partners reflects enhanced political trust: minister

HÀ NỘI– Việt Nam’s elevation of relations with major and important partners reflects the strongly enhanced mutual understanding and political trust between the country and the partners, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn told a question-and-answer session on March 18. Among the 30 strategic partners and comprehensive partners, Việt Nam now has comprehensive strategic partnerships with seven countries. It has established comprehensive strategic partnerships or strategic partnerships with the five permanent member states of the UN Security Council, he noted. He highlighted the strongly enhanced mutual understanding and political trust as seen in the elevation of Việt Nam’s ties with major and important partners. On the basis of enhanced political trust, Việt Nam’s cooperation with the partners has also seen progress in other fields such as labour, science - technology, education - training, and culture, according to Sơn.