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Vietnamese party chief to make first visit to U.S.

Xinhua, March 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius said here Friday that Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong will visit the United States this year.

"We are pleased that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will visit the United States later this year at our invitation," the U.S. ambassador said in a speech delivered at the Vietnam National University.

"We are confident his visit will help move the Comprehensive Partnership forward. And, we expect that the pace of high-level U. S. visitors to Vietnam continues as well, as these visits are also a way to keep an open and frank dialogue about all the issues we face," he said.

Trong will be the first Vietnamese party chief to visit the United States, a former foe of the country.

His visit came 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War and 20 years since the establishment of their diplomatic relations. Endi