HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Chinh hide Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Chinh Readout Office of the Spokesperson May 14, 2022 The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Washington, D.C. on the margins of the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. Secretary Blinken highlighted the strong U.S. relationship with ASEAN, as evidenced by the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. He reaffirmed the thriving U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership and U.S. support for ASEAN centrality; the Mekong-U.S. Partnership; and a strong, prosperous, and independent Vietnam. The Secretary and the Prime Minister discussed ways to broaden and deepen security cooperation, trade and economic ties, climate change cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges. Tags Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Office of the Spokesperson The Secretary of State U.S.-ASEAN Summit Vietnam