• Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China

    Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China

    Oct 14, 2018 05:28 PM EDT

    ... to accentuate the potential for a stronger U.S. partnership with Vietnam. Josh Kurlantzick, a senior fellow and Asia specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview that Vietnam in recent years has shifted from a foreign and defense policy that carefully balanced relations with China and ...

  • Obama expected to push for human rights in first visit to Vietnam

    Obama expected to push for human rights in first visit to Vietnam

    May 22, 2016 10:25 PM EDT

    ... there's benefits, not just for the U.S., but even for Vietnam. And the U.S. is saying it's a way to draw Vietnam closer, both, as we talked about, with China, but also raise potential labor and environmental standards in Vietnam and other country as part of ...

  • News Wrap: CDC says 157 pregnant women in the U.S. have Zika virus

    News Wrap: CDC says 157 pregnant women in the U.S. have Zika virus

    May 20, 2016 11:27 PM EDT

    ... take on that and more of the week's news. And ahead of President Obama's trip to Vietnam, a look at how the U.S. ambassador to the country is doing away with traditional modes of diplomacy and jumping into the culture. TED OSIUS, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam ...

  • Kerry: Malaysian efforts to address trafficking must 'redouble'

    Kerry: Malaysian efforts to address trafficking must 'redouble'

    Aug 01, 2015 06:01 PM EDT

    ... Those talks are expected to focus on China's island-building in the disputed South China Sea, which has rattled China's neighbors and strained relations between Washington and Beijing. Kerry, who starts his travels in the Mideast, will also visit Singapore and Vietnam. The U.S. official said Kerry ...

  • China's Xi pushes economic reform at North Korea summit

    China's Xi pushes economic reform at North Korea summit

    Jun 21, 2019 12:01 PM EDT

    ... what KCNA termed "the peculiar display of Chinese folk dances." The show ended with red fireworks over the May Day Stadium. Nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea broke down after the failed summit between Kim and Trump in February in Vietnam. The U.S. is demanding that ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim this month in Vietnam

    WATCH: Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim this month in Vietnam

    Feb 06, 2019 02:24 AM EDT

    ... party communist state that boasts of tight political control and a tough security apparatus similar to Singapore's. Where Singapore leans West, generally appreciative of U.S. influence in Asia, Vietnam leans East. Even with its edgy relationship with China, it has a long fraternal history with Asia's communist ...

  • Obama pushes for better rights in Vietnam after arms deal

    Obama pushes for better rights in Vietnam after arms deal

    May 24, 2016 12:27 PM EDT

    ... voices count and that peaceful change is possible. And it brings new people into the system," Obama said. Obama also traced the transformation of the U.S.-Vietnamese relationship, from wartime enemies to cooperation. He said the governments are working more closely together than ever before on a range of ...

  • 50 years on, veterans find healing by returning to Vietnam to help

    50 years on, veterans find healing by returning to Vietnam to help

    Mar 07, 2015 12:38 AM EDT

    ... refer to as the American war. CHUCK PALAZZO, Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps: My name is Chuck Palazzo. The first time I came to Vietnam was in 1970 during the war. I was a U.S. Marine. I had just turned 18 years old and I found myself 8 ...

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    Republicans' Health Care Funding Concerns Brew Spending Showdown

    Aug 26, 2013 01:10 PM EDT

    ... the 1973 tapes, all recorded as Nixon tried to quell the Watergate chaos inside the White House and at the same time build a powerful relationship with China that could help the U.S. resolve the Vietnam War. Watch the segment here:   TOP TWEETS Anthony Weiner involved in minor chain ...

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    News Outlets Grapple with War Coverage Plans

    Mar 18, 2003 05:00 PM EDT

    ... is an order." "History is turning on this attack," Arnett said. "I think there should be eyewitnesses." A long-time war reporter who covered the U.S. conflict in Vietnam for the Associated Press, Arnett gained further attention during the 1991 Gulf War, becoming one of the few correspondents in ...