The United States sent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as head of the delegation to negotiate with Vietnam.

According to the Government Information website, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been appointed by the US side as head of the negotiating delegation with Vietnam.

Mr. Scott Bessent said he had visited Vietnam and personally had many good impressions and memories of the country and people of Vietnam.

Mr. Bessent also thanked Vietnam for promptly taking positive measures to handle issues of concern to the United States; highly appreciated the two countries' agreement to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement.

Minister Scott Bessent expressed his belief that the two sides will soon reach appropriate solutions to promote stable and mutually beneficial economic and trade relations.

In the morning news of April 11, the Government Information website also reported that the special working delegation of Vietnam led by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, Special Envoy of General Secretary To Lam to the United States, had achieved a "breakthrough" and "excellently completed the tasks and goals assigned by the leaders of the Party, State, and Government".

During this special working trip, the delegation discussed and negotiated with the US Government to agree on organizing negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries.

In particular, the two sides have officially agreed to consider negotiating the content of tariffs, which is the most important pillar of this agreement.

This is the biggest breakthrough in recent days that the Vietnamese special working group has achieved with the US Government because previously, the content of signing a bilateral trade agreement had been raised many times by our side but the US had not agreed.

In the coming time, the Vietnamese Government will consider establishing a ministerial-level technical negotiation group to concretize the results achieved by the special working group.