US aircraft carrier to arrive in Vietnam for historic visit

Hanoi, March 4 : A US Navy aircraft carrier will set anchor in Vietnam on Monday, for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War more than four decades ago, the media reported. The four-day visit by the USS Carl Vinson and its contingent of 5,000 sailors and aviators has been deemed as a historic opportunity to enhance the budding friendship that has emerged between the two former foes, reports CNN.

USDA opens new office in Vietnam to help facilitate increasing agricultural trade

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently opened a new office in Hanoi, Vietnam. The office will play a vital role in helping expand the United States' $2.5 billion agricultural export market in Vietnam.

F-22 Stealth Fighters Launch Flares, Chase Russian Jets Out Of Syria Deconfliction Zone

Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets chased Russian Su-25 planes out of the deconfliction zone in Syria on Wednesday using flares. Russian jets moved into the deconfliction zone east of the Euphrates River, but were quickly forced out by a pair of F-22 stealth fighters, which launched warning flares, a Pentagon official told The Washington Examiner on Thursday.

Bad NAFTA outcome could hurt US ties, Mexico says

In this Aug. 16, 2017 photo, the national flags of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are lit by stage lights before a news conference, at the start of the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations in Washington. Mexico is taking U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to leave NAFTA more seriously as a second round of talks opens Friday, Sept.

Trump Says Putin ‘Means It’ About Not Meddling

Republicans Try to Block Moore's Path as Candidate Denies Sexual Misconduct - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans scrambled on Friday to find a way to block Roy S. Moore's path to the Senate, exploring extraordinary measures to rid themselves of their own Senate nominee in Alabama For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway - VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. - Sallie Gunter, 61, a freelance court reporter, was having breakfast with her friend Lisa Hicks, 44, a legal assistant, at Panera Bread when the subject of Roy S. Moore came up.

U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed,…

Republicans Try to Block Moore's Path as Candidate Denies Sexual Misconduct - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans scrambled on Friday to find a way to block Roy S. Moore's path to the Senate, exploring extraordinary measures to rid themselves of their own Senate nominee in Alabama For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway - VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. - Sallie Gunter, 61, a freelance court reporter, was having breakfast with her friend Lisa Hicks, 44, a legal assistant, at Panera Bread when the subject of Roy S. Moore came up.

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the Asia-Pacific Economic…

US president sends hardline message on South China Sea and trade protectionism while Chinese leader offers his country as a defender of globalisation No sooner had the leaders of China and the United States patted each other on the back for a swag of business deals in Beijing than they were taking diverging stands on global trade at a regional summit in Vietnam. The two presidents arrived on Friday in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang, a former American military base facing the South China Sea, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit, just hours after both lauded the success of US President Donald Trump's first state trip to China.

Trump pushes ‘Indo-Pacific’ foreign policy, bringing India into strategic bulwark against China

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during a meeting at the Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 7. President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during a meeting at the Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 7. As he travels across Asia, President Trump is pushing an ambitious if still vague new foreign policy: a "free and open Indo-Pacific" stretching from the West Coast to Japan, down through Southeast Asia to Australia, and west across another ocean to India.

‘I’m glad we’re both alive’: John Kerry’s emotional stop in Vietnam on final trip

Ca Mau, Vietnam: It could have been 1969 again as US Secretary of State John Kerry stood on the bow of the small boat chugging up the Bay Hap River on Saturday, the wind billowing his sleeves and his eyes darting left and right toward banks shrouded in dark foliage. As a young Navy lieutenant, Kerry commanded a Swift boat along this stretch of churning brown waters in the middle of a free-fire zone.

Kerry defends trade pact on last trip abroad as top US diplomat

Secretary of State John Kerry, making his last trip as the top U.S. diplomat, on Friday defended the 12-nation trade pact that the incoming administration said it would scrap and urged countries to refrain from provocative acts in the South China Sea. "I can't predict what the new administration is absolutely going to do with the trade, but I can absolutely tell you that the fundamental reasons for the TPP haven't changed," Kerry told students of University of Technology and Education in southern Ho Chi Minh City, referring to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

John P. Edwards – ” Vietnam Combat Veteran – ” Newhall Resident

As I sat talking with John Edwards at Valencia's Corner Bakery recently, it dawned on me that I was speaking with a true American hero right here in our midst. John, an Army brat and his three brothers, grew up on various U.S. Army bases around the country, and the world for that matter.

Memo to Trump: ‘Action This Day!’

Donald Trump should be magnanimous and gracious toward those whom he defeated this week, but his first duty is to keep faith with those who put their faith in him. The protests, riots and violence that have attended his triumph in city after city should only serve to steel his resolve.

Obama can’t endorse during the Democratic primary, so he’s just…

He met with heads of state, lawmakers and a battery of dissidents, in between lifting a half-century-old trade embargo and negotiating access to key ports. By the time President Obama filed past more than 2 million people lining the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and flew to Japan aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night for a Group of Seven summit, he hadn't publicly uttered the words "Donald Trump" in days.

Obama uses light moment with rapper to espouse free speech

In this combination of images made from pool video, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens as Vietnamese rapper Suboi raps during a town-hall style event for the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Suboi rapped and asked Obama about the importance of governments promoting the arts and culture.

Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

Barack Obama fielded questions Wednesday on everything from rap and weed smoking to his good looks at a lively meeting with young Vietnamese, who see the US leader as a far cry from their staid Communist rulers. US President Barack Obama listens as a young female rapper sings a song at a town hall event in Ho Chi Minh City The US President, on the final leg of a three-day trip to Vietnam before flying to Japan, held one of his trademark town hall gatherings with hundreds of youngsters in the country's buzzing commercial and creative capital Ho Chi Minh City.

Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap and good lo…

US President Barack Obama walks on stage to meet Vietnamese youths, members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative program at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 25 May 2016. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL Ho Chi Minh City: Barack Obama fielded questions Wednesday on everything from rap and weed smoking to his good looks at a lively meeting with young Vietnamese, who see the US leader as a far cry from their staid Communist rulers.

Obama to wrap up trip to Vietnam by talking to young leaders

President Barack Obama tours a high-tech displays in an open work space at the DreamPlex Coworking Space in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. President Barack Obama tours a high-tech displays in an open work space at the DreamPlex Coworking Space in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

Obama implores Vietnam to embrace human rights

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Hanoi: US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on Tuesday that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism.