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Vietnam-US: Historic new phase of cooperation - Hanoi Times
The elevation of Vietnam-US relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership marks “a historic new phase of bilateral cooperation and friendship.” It’s stated in the Joint Statement released during US President Joe Biden's state visit, which concluded on September 11. The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership was declared by...
One subject hung over Biden's Asia trip: China's influence - Los Angeles Times
On the eve of the final day of a four-day visit to India and Vietnam, President Biden emphasized one point: He is not trying to contain China. "It's not about containing China; it's about having a stable base — a stable base in the Indo-Pacific," the president said as he answered question after question about...
US President’s visit opens new chapter in Vietnam-US ties: Scholar - Vietnam News Agency
The State visit of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to Vietnam is the next step and the combination of work that have taken place for four decades since the normalisation of the US - Vietnam relations, said Andrew Wells-Dang, a senior expert on Vietnam at the Centre for Asian Affairs of the US Institute of Peace (USIP). In a recent interview granted to...
US President Biden's Vietnam visit to signify relationship upgrade - Al Jazeera
United States President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday for his first visit to the country as the two nations look to elevate their regional alliance. They are expected to announce plans for...
Biden in Hanoi: The fruit of atonement - The Christian Science Monitor
For 23 years, ever since Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Hanoi, it has been a rite of passage for every American commander in chief to visit the capital of Vietnam, a former enemy. President Joe Biden takes his turn Sept. 10. His state visit will build on...
US Now Aiding Vietnam in Finding the Country's Missing in Action from Past Conflict Between the Two - Military.com
Half a century after the last American combat troops left Vietnam, the U.S. has taken the first steps in a major but little-noticed policy shift to solidify relations with its former adversary by helping the Vietnamese account for and identify their war dead. Under a July 2020 Vietnam Wartime Accounting...
President Biden's focus on environmental justice has a crucial blind spot” - The Washington Post
On April 21, President Biden signed an executive order addressing domestic toxic pollution and climate vulnerabilities that disproportionately burden low-income communities and communities of color. This is an overdue step toward confronting “long-standing environmental injustices and inequities” domestically...
‘Sometimes we thought dying would be a relief:’ What we know about Vietnam POW torture - The Tennessean
Bill Robinson of Lenoir City, Tennessee, remembers being put in a hole filled with water at the bottom. It was small enough in height to prevent sitting and standing up straight. Robinson once endured this for four days. With mosquitoes breeding around him. His experience marked one of the torturous...
A Decent Interval - History As It Happens
Fifty years ago the U.S. agreed to withdraw the last of its forces from Vietnam. After years of excruciating negotiations held as the combatants lost tens of thousands of casualties, the Paris Peace Accords of 1973 were heralded by President Richard Nixon as "peace with honor." But everyone who signed the accords knew...
For Patrick Leahy, The Vietnam War Is Finally Ending - The New Republic
It was a late afternoon in mid-November, with the nip of early winter in the air, when I visited the Russell Senate Office Building to meet with Vermont Senator Pat Leahy in his spacious yet surprisingly intimate office, with a sofa and chairs arranged near the fireplace. An aide squatted down beside...