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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2023 – United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, and Miyazaki City, Japan, April 17-23, to engage with government counterparts and participate in the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Japan.
Vietnam is a key Southeast Asian partner in the United States’ efforts to deepen trade, address food and nutrition insecurity, support agricultural innovation and combat climate change. While in Hanoi from April 17-19, the Secretary will meet with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan and Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên. He will also meet with private sector trade partners who support U.S. agricultural imports, deliver a speech on USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities to students at the Foreign Trade University and visit the Vietnam Academy for Forest Sciences to highlight how the U.S. Forest Service and other U.S. government partners collaborate with the Government of Vietnam to prevent the illegal harvest and trade of timber.
Secretary Vilsack will then be in Japan April 21-23 for the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting, once again standing with democratic partners to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and calling attention to the interrelationship among food and nutrition security, climate, sustainable productivity growth, innovation and trade. In addition to taking part in the ministerial, the Secretary will deliver the closing keynote at a climate-focused side event, highlighting the United States’ farmer-focused, voluntary, incentive-based approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Secretary Vilsack will hold a media callback from Hanoi on Wed., April 19, at 7:30 a.m., EDT (subject to change). Credentialed reporters interested in participating should RSVP to press@xxxxxxxx for dial-in instructions.
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