Statement by Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s visit to Vietnam

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam on September 10, 2023. While in Hanoi, President Biden will meet with Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong and other key leaders to discuss ways to further enhance US-US cooperation. Vietnam. Leaders will explore opportunities to promote the growth of a technology-focused and innovation-driven Vietnamese economy, strengthen ties between our people through educational exchanges and workforce development programs, fight climate change, and promote peace, prosperity and stability in Vietnam. region.

On Monday, September 11, the President, Vice President, First Lady and Second Man will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The President will travel to Alaska to attend a memorial service with members of the Senate. . Soldiers and their families. The vice president and number two will attend a memorial service at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The First Lady will lay a wreath at the Pentagon’s National 9/11 Memorial in honor of the lives lost on 9/11.

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