Pete Hegseth Participates In Meeting With Vietnamese Minister of Defense In Singapore

It's a pleasure to see you again. The last time I saw you, I believe, I was in Vietnam. Good to see you and your team. It's great to see you again. And the defense relationship between our nations has deepened significantly under your leadership. And we deeply respect Vietnam's unwavering resolve to safeguarding its natural interests. And your quiet, your resolute yet quiet posture, I think, very much mirrors our own approach across the Indo-Pacific. And I'm pleased that we're expanding maritime cooperation, including on unmanned systems, strengthening Vietnam's ability to defend its interests in the region. Maritime awareness is critically important. I'm also glad to see how far we've come addressing the legacies of the Vietnam War. I'm grateful for your assistance from your government and the Vietnamese people in recovering our missing personnel and continue to expand in a reciprocal way the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative to assist in locating remains of Vietnam's missing as well. So I look forward to a very productive discussion today and our teams have worked hard for a number of months. And Mr. Minister, I'll hand it over to you. Thank you so much for your time. FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN MINISTER NGUYEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN