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Vietnam PM meets McCain, requests greater economic assistance 

January 22, 2012
Vietnam PM meets McCain, requests greater economic assistance 

  Vietnam will continue to take the US as a leading development partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday in meeting with John McCain and other US senators on a Southeast Asia visit. He said Vietnam and the US in the coming time need to boost further cooperation in commerce and investment, and asking [...]

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East Sea disputes need to be controlled, scholar says 

July 3, 2011
East Sea disputes need to be controlled, scholar says 

  A Vietnamese scholar who returned from a maritime security conference in the US last month said the East Sea disputes need to be controlled so they don’t affect the region’s security and peace.   Strengthening frameworks, including a code of conduct in the East Sea, makes related countries more responsible to their commitments and signed [...]

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Libya says army may halt fighting in Misrata 

April 23, 2011
Libya says army may halt fighting in Misrata 

Rebel fighters stand on top of a captured tank belonging to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, outside Misrata's tallest building, along a street in Tripoli April 22, 2011 NATO air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its army in the besieged port of Misrata and let local tribes take over the battle, the [...]

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John McCain and memory of Hanoi

April 9, 2009
John McCain and memory of Hanoi

US Senator John McCain paid a visit to places and relics which form the “association” between him and Vietnam. Senator John McCain and the first US Ambassador to Vietnam Peter Peterson on the bank of Truc Bach Lake on April 7. McCain went to the Hoa Lo Prison relic, Hanoi, in the morning on April 8. [...]

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US Senator McCain returns to Vietnamese wartime jail

April 9, 2009
US Senator McCain returns to Vietnamese wartime jail

US Senator John McCain (L) points at a model of the former Hoa Lo prison Wednesday US Senator John McCain leaned over a miniature mock-up on Wednesday of the Vietnamese prison where he was held for years as a wartime prisoner. “I’m trying to figure it out,” he said, studying the scale model on a [...]

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“I am reminded again of extraordinary strides Vietnam made”: John McCain

April 8, 2009
“I am reminded again of extraordinary strides Vietnam made”: John McCain

LookAtVietnam – US Senator John McCain expressed his impression on economic achievements that Vietnam has made since the normalisation of Vietnam-US relations and the signing of bilateral trade agreement. US Senator John McCain in Hanoi (photo: Reuters/Kham).LookAtVietnam – US Senator John McCain, who has been visiting Vietnam for many times over the last 15 years, [...]

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Agent Orange victims need more support: McCain

April 8, 2009
Agent Orange victims need more support: McCain

Visiting US Senator John McCain delivers a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi Tuesday Agent Orange remains an “irritant” issue between Vietnam and the US and both countries should do more to support the victims and clean affected areas, US Senator John McCain said Tuesday. By the end of the Vietnam War [...]

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Government, legislative leaders meet US Senator

April 7, 2009
Government, legislative leaders meet US Senator

LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung welcomed  US Senator John McCain’s visit to Vietnam, saying he believed that the visit will contribute to increasing mutual understanding and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. Receiving the US Senator, Chairman of the NA Nguyen Phu Trong highly appreciated the US politician’s contribution to normalising and boosting [...]

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Obama, McCain vow to "launch a new era of reform"

November 18, 2008
Obama, McCain vow to "launch a new era of reform"

U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and his former Republican presidential rival, John McCain, vowed on Monday to “launch a new era of reform” and work together on “critical challenges.” (L-R) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), President-elect Barack Obama and his chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel during a meeting in Obama’s transition office in Chicago, November [...]

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Vietnamese nurse who treated McCain cheers Obama win

November 6, 2008
Vietnamese nurse who treated McCain cheers Obama win

A file photo shows John McCain at a hospital in Vietnam after his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967. During the war, she helped save John McCain’s life, but when former Vietnamese nurse Nguyen Thi Thanh heard Barack Obama had been elected US president, she said his victory would be a vote for [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...