Mr. Dien, who is also Minister of Industry and Trade, asked the US business leaders to convey Vietnam's message to the Trump administration as he met with executives from several major US corporations, including Excelerate Energy, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, and Google, in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

Vietnam proposes that the US work with Vietnam to resolve existing economic and trade issues, soon recognize Vietnam as a market economy, and remove the country from export control lists (D1, D3) that limit access to high-tech products, Mr. Dien said, adding such measures would bring mutual benefits in both the short and long term.