GE Power Chief Executive Officer Steve Bolze said Tuesday the company would sign $6 billion in agreements.
Security cooperation between the nations that were once enemies has grown because of shared concern over China’s assertive behavior in the South China Sea. The U.S. recently delivered six coastal patrol boats to Vietnam’s coast guard and a decommissioned Hamilton-class cutter.
Phuc did not address last week’s U.S. Navy’s freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, the first since Trump took office, but said he welcomes U.S. support for freedom of navigation and overflight, compliance with international law and peaceful resolution of disputes.
He called for U.S.-China relations that are conducive to peace and stability and the interests of smaller nations.
“In Vietnam we have a saying that when the buffalos fight the flies may be hurt,” he said.
