Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 1 extended congratulations to Joe Biden who won the US presidential election on November 3. 

Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump
in the November 3 election to become the 46th president of the US.
(Photo: Reuters).

In their telegrams, the Vietnamese leaders expressed their belief that the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US, built over the past 25 years, will continue to grow in a deep, effective and sustainable manner, in the interest of the two countries’ people and for peace, security, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the rest of the world.

The same day, Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh also sent congratulations to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

On this occasion, the Vietnamese leaders invited the US President and Vice President elect to visit Vietnam at the earliest possible time.