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    Vietnamese Prime Minister Visits President Bush on Request to Join WTO

    Jun 21, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... that is very important. And the Vietnamese, of course, want the U.S. help to join the WTO. And President Bush today has said that U.S. strongly supports Vietnam's entry into the WTO. MARGARET WARNER: Ambassador, what is the geopolitical significance of this relationship for each country? RAYMOND ...

  • China's Xi says no winners in tariffs and trade war during Southeast Asia visit

    China's Xi says no winners in tariffs and trade war during Southeast Asia visit

    Apr 14, 2025 03:36 PM EDT

    ... day pause, Southeast Asian nations were anxious that the tariffs, if implemented, could complicate their development. Vietnam is experienced at balancing its relations with the U.S and China. It is run under a communist, one-party system like China but has had a strong relationship with the U.S ...

  • To Gloria Estefan, wearing a mask is as simple as taking care of each other

    To Gloria Estefan, wearing a mask is as simple as taking care of each other

    Aug 07, 2020 06:53 PM EDT

    ... victim of politics. We lost our country to Cuba, you know, my dad gave up his life for both countries, for Cuba and for the US. [During] Vietnam, he was in the Bay of Pigs. He was in the U.S. Army. So to me, music was an escape from ...

  • News Wrap: Vietnam elevates U.S. diplomatic status as Biden visits Hanoi

    News Wrap: Vietnam elevates U.S. diplomatic status as Biden visits Hanoi

    Sep 10, 2023 09:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Sunday, Biden visits Vietnam to strengthen diplomatic relations, Hurricane Lee is expected to regain strength as it churns through the Atlantic Ocean, at least 43 people died in a drone attack in Sudan’s capital, and American tennis player Coco Gauff won the U.S. Open ...

  • U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War's lethal remnants

    U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War's lethal remnants

    Nov 21, 2014 12:42 AM EDT

    ... back to Vietnam in 1992 as a tourist. He moved to Hanoi nearly 20 years ago to work with American veterans organizations on restoring diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Afterwards, he took on the UXO, unexploded ordnance problem, as his full-time job and mission. CHUCK SEARCY: For me, Vietnam was ...

  • U.S. seeks to quell South China Sea tensions

    U.S. seeks to quell South China Sea tensions

    Aug 04, 2014 07:20 PM EDT

    ... it sees as U.S. meddling, viewing it as an attempt to contain its growing power. The other claimants include the Philippines, which is a U.S. treaty ally, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei. Russel said all the claimants, including Vietnam, can do more to clarify what they say is theirs ...

  • Putin signs deals with Vietnam in effort to bolster ties in Asia to offset Moscow's growing isolation

    Putin signs deals with Vietnam in effort to bolster ties in Asia to offset Moscow's growing isolation

    Jun 20, 2024 01:35 PM EDT

    It is unlikely that Vietnam would supply significant quantities of weapons to Russia and risk the progress that it has made with NATO members on military equipment, particularly the U.S., said Ridzwan Rahmat, a Singapore-based analyst with the defense intelligence company Janes. "I would imagine Vietnam wouldn’t ...

  • A look at the consequential and controversial legacy of Henry Kissinger

    A look at the consequential and controversial legacy of Henry Kissinger

    Nov 30, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

    ... still a very courageous and controversial move in the early 1970s. This meeting set the stage for the subsequent discussions and the opening up the relationship, which had a major impact immediately by improving relations with the Soviets. It helped us end the Vietnam War. It restored morale in the ...

  • Examining the legacy of the enduring, polarizing Henry Kissinger

    Examining the legacy of the enduring, polarizing Henry Kissinger

    Nov 30, 2023 05:36 PM EDT

    ... regards the transformation the China opening created in international relations as his major legacy . He grew dismayed as China’s increasingly assertive policies moved the U.S. and other nations away from cooperation to talk of great power competition and even a New Cold War in later years. The Vietnam ...

  • Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, continues to advise on global affairs

    Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, continues to advise on global affairs

    May 27, 2023 06:06 PM EDT

    ... Kissinger was involved in major foreign policy events including the first example of “shuttle diplomacy” seeking Middle East peace, secret negotiations with China to defrost relations between the burgeoning superpowers and the instigation of the Paris peace talks seeking an end to the Vietnam conflict and the U.S. military ...