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Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra asked US Ambassador Jennifer Wicks to continue working with US authorities, increasing support for information, documents, memorabilia and new technology, contributing to speeding up and improving the effectiveness of the 500 days and nights campaign to search, collect and identify the remains of martyrs. Download Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra received US Ambassador to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks. Photo: chinphu.vn/Thu Giang On the afternoon of August 27, at the Government headquarters, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra congratulated Ambassador Jennifer Wicks on the occasion of her appointment by President Donald Trump as US Ambassador to Vietnam; At the same time, he highly appreciated the positive and urgent working spirit of the Ambassador right after receiving his assignment. In particular, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra expressed her appreciation when the Ambassador attended the Shining Stars Leading the Way event on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day and visited the special National Monument of Quang Tri Citadel. Discussing bilateral relations, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra reaffirmed that Vietnam always considers the United States a partner of top strategic importance; wishes to promote the relationship between the two countries to grow more effectively and practically. In order to maintain this development momentum, the Deputy Prime Minister asked Ambassador Wicks to promote his role as a trustworthy bridge, actively promoting diplomatic activities and exchange of delegations, especially high-level delegations in the coming time. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra asked the Ambassador to encourage relevant US agencies to soon complete negotiations and sign the Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) on a fair and balanced basis. equality, in order to create a stable, long-term framework for economic cooperation between the two countries. Download Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra reaffirmed that Vietnam always considers the United States a partner of top strategic importance - Photo: chinphu.vn/Thu Giang Regarding cooperation to overcome the consequences of war, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that this is one of the most important pillars to help build and strengthen trust between the two countries. The Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the cooperation of the US Government and people in areas such as dioxin detoxification, mine clearance, support for people with disabilities and in the 500 days and nights campaign. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the work of searching, gathering and identifying the remains of martyrs is a major and consistent policy of the Party and State of Vietnam; is a political task and sacred responsibility for families and relatives of martyrs. Currently, Vietnam still has about 175,000 cases where remains have not been found and nearly 300,000 cases have not been identified. In that context, the 500 day and night campaign to promote the search, collection and identification of martyrs remains is being implemented fiercely throughout the political system. Download Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra and US Ambassador to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks.Photo: chinphu.vn/Thu GiangDeputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra highly appreciated cooperation from the US side through the US Initiative to Find Vietnamese Soldiers Missing in War (VWAI), Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archives (belonging to Texas Tech University), cooperation between the International Committee on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Academy of Science and Technology Vietnam (VAST) in cooperation to improve the capacity to assess the remains of martyrs. The Deputy Prime Minister asked the Ambassador to continue working with government agencies and the US Congress to increase support in providing information, documents, memorabilia and new technology to help Vietnam accelerate the implementation of the 500 days and nights campaign quickly and effectively. For his part, Ambassador Wicks respectfully and thanked Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra for taking the time to welcome. The Ambassador shared his honor when President Donald Trump entrusted him with responsibility in Vietnam at a time when relations between the two countries were at the best stage of development in history. Download Delegates taking souvenir photos - Photo: chinphu.vn/Thu Giang Highly agreeing with the orientations of Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Ambassador Wicks pledged to do his best to act as a bridge and closely coordinate with agencies of the two countries to carefully prepare for high-level visits in the near future. The Ambassador affirmed the importance of quickly concluding negotiations on the Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART); At the same time, he said he would actively work with authorities in Washington D.C. to remove obstacles and create favorable conditions for the flow of trade and high-tech investment, commensurate with the stature of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Sharing his special impression when attending the War Invalids and Martyrs Day Celebration and the recent visit to Quang Tri Citadel, the Ambassador reaffirmed the strong and long-term commitment of the US Government in joining hands with Vietnam to overcome the consequences of war. The Ambassador pledged that the US Embassy would continue to coordinate Work closely with the National Steering Committee 515 in the search, gathering and identification workIdentify the remains of Vietnamese martyrs. The Ambassador also sent his sincere thanks to the Government of Vietnam for its close cooperation in the search for missing US soldiers (MIA), considering this a model and symbol of efforts to rec
