• Biden says aim of U.S. outreach to Vietnam is global stability, not 'containing China'

    Biden says aim of U.S. outreach to Vietnam is global stability, not 'containing China'

    Sep 10, 2023 10:09 PM EDT

    ... s principal deputy national security adviser, addressed reports that Vietnam was pursuing a deal to buy weapons from Russia, even as Hanoi is seeking stronger relations with the U.S. Finer acknowledged Vietnam's lengthy military relationship with Russia. He said the U.S. continues to work with Vietnam and ...

  • Honoring John McCain’s lifetime of public service, America mourns

    Honoring John McCain’s lifetime of public service, America mourns

    Aug 26, 2018 10:31 PM EDT

    ... than five years as a prisoner of war, mourners placed flowers on a memorial honoring him. As senator, his political leadership was key in normalising relations between Vietnam and the U.S. John Sidney McCain III was born in 1936 on an American naval base, the son of a naval ...

  • U.S. could lift arms embargo on Vietnam (which wouldn't please China)

    U.S. could lift arms embargo on Vietnam (which wouldn't please China)

    May 19, 2016 10:25 PM EDT

    ... lecturer who led the first, cautious military-to-military contacts between the U.S. and Vietnam in the mid-1990s. One aspect is how far Vietnam can go in deepening relations with the U.S. without provoking China. The other is placating U.S. demands for progress on democracy and ...

  • USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

    USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

    Mar 19, 2025 06:46 PM EDT

    The interruptions to aid come as the U.S. and Vietnam prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the 30th anniversary of the normalization of relations between Washington and Hanoi. It was a slow road back from the war, which lasted some 20 ...

  • Obama lifts decades-old arms ban in his first visit to Vietnam

    Obama lifts decades-old arms ban in his first visit to Vietnam

    May 23, 2016 10:43 AM EDT

    ... s the bigger party and can throw around their weight a little bit more," a reference to China. China outwardly lauded the lifting of a U.S. arms embargo, saying it hoped "normal and friendly" relations between the U.S. and Vietnam are conducive to regional stability. A spokeswoman for ...

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    News Wrap: Rangel Faces Ethics Charges

    Jul 22, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... Vietnam today to improve its human rights record. She was in Hanoi to mark the 15th anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Vietnam. Clinton welcomed the improved ties, but said the communist government must allow free speech.HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, U.S. Secretary of State: Vietnam, with ...

  • Peace Corps launches English-language program in Vietnam

    Peace Corps launches English-language program in Vietnam

    May 24, 2016 04:44 PM EDT

    ... volunteer travel service program will be established in Vietnam for the first time in history. The announcement coincided with President Barack Obama’s trip to Vietnam this week and furthers the effort to establish a better relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam. “We’re grateful that the government and ...

  • Vietnam’s new economy and old culture drawing back children of U.S. immigrants

    Vietnam’s new economy and old culture drawing back children of U.S. immigrants

    May 23, 2016 11:16 PM EDT

    ... was a colonel in the Vietnamese air force. MIKE CERRE: Tuan T. Ton is a colonel in the United States Army. He moved back to Vietnam as the American defense attache, the U.S. military's chief representative for our new defense agreements with the Vietnamese, to counter China's ...

  • What's the U.S. strategy behind Trump's second summit with Kim Jong Un?

    What's the U.S. strategy behind Trump's second summit with Kim Jong Un?

    Feb 06, 2019 11:25 PM EDT

    Number two, North Korea and the United States have relatively good relations with Vietnam. Number three, for the U.S., Vietnam is a model. It's a communist country that has opened up economically, diplomatically, and has become much richer for that. So the U.S. wants North Korea to ...

  • The significance of Biden's trip to Vietnam in the face of China's growing influence

    The significance of Biden's trip to Vietnam in the face of China's growing influence

    Sep 11, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    ... asking them to give up their relationship with China. In fact, Vietnam's number one trading partner is China. We -- it's also trading with us. Vietnam sends more exports to the United States than to any other country. And Vietnam is America's eighth-largest trading partner. But no ...