The meetings between officials of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the US Department of Agriculture in Hanoi on February 27, 2023 (Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade)

He made the request at a meeting with a USDA delegation led by Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programmes, and Alexis Taylor, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, in Hanoi yesterday.

Emphasising the US as one of the leading partners, Hai said Vietnam hopes both sides will maintain the stable development of bilateral economic and trade ties and continue promoting their comprehensive partnership in a substantive manner.

He proposed the two sides to share experience in building and enforcing law related to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, he went on.

The USDA officials said both sides should continue boosting discussion on market opening for the fruits mentioned by the US and conditions for plant and nut-based products and animal feed to be imported into Vietnam.