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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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Vietnam defense minister meets key US senators

December 17, 2009
Vietnam defense minister meets key US senators

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) welcomes Vietnam’s Minister of Defense General Phung Quang Thanh to the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Vietnam’s defense minister, during his ongoing visit to the United States, met Tuesday with a key US Senator who called ties between the two countries “very important.” General Phung Quang Thanh met with [...]

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US elite turns out for Kennedy funeral

August 29, 2009
US elite turns out for Kennedy funeral

Victoria Kennedy, widow of US Senator Edward Kennedy, wipes a tear as she stands with her son Curran Raclin during a memorial service for the late senator at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on August 28 in Boston. President Barack Obama, three former presidents and a nation’s elite gathered in the rain Saturday to [...]

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Democrats scramble on health reforms post-Kennedy

August 28, 2009
Democrats scramble on health reforms post-Kennedy

The casket of Senator Edward Kennnedy is carried out of the family complex by members of a United States military honor guard in Hyannisport, Massachusetts August 27, 2009. Democrats scrambled on Thursday to quickly fill the seat of Senator Edward Kennedy, to shore up President Barack Obama’s faltering effort to rally Congress behind an overhaul [...]

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U.S. Senator Edward M Kennedy dies at 77

August 26, 2009
U.S. Senator Edward M Kennedy dies at 77

U.S. Senator. Edward M. Kennedy who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008 died Wednesday. He was 77 years old. U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) reacts after President Barack Obama signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, at the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, April 21, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters, [...]

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Senior gov’t officials meet US Senator

August 20, 2009
Senior gov’t officials meet US Senator

The United States should adopt more specific diplomatic policies in Southeast Asia, a “vitally important” region for the US, said senator Jim Webb on August 19. PM Nguyen Tan Dung met with US Senator Jim Webb on August 19.LookAtVietnam – The United States should adopt more specific diplomatic policies in Southeast Asia, a “vitally important” [...]

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Senator says Southeast Asia vital to US policy

August 20, 2009
Senator says Southeast Asia vital to US policy

Visiting US Senator Jim Webb speaks during a press conference in Hanoi Wednesday. The United States should adopt more specific diplomatic policies in Southeast Asia, a “vitally important” region for the US, said senator Jim Webb Wednesday. Webb was speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on the last leg of a five-day Southeast Asian [...]

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US senator to talk in Hanoi

August 18, 2009

US Senator Jim Webb, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, will meet journalists in Hanoi on Wednesday as part of his five-nation tour of Asia, the US embassy said Monday. On his Vietnam trip, the senator will stop in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, where he will meet [...]

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US Senator Jim Webb to visit Vietnam

August 17, 2009
US Senator Jim Webb to visit Vietnam

In an announcement released today, the US Embassy said that Senator Jim Webb will pay a visit to Vietnam this week. LookAtVietnam – In an announcement released today, August 17, the US Embassy in Vietnam said that Democrat Senator Jim Webb will pay a visit to Vietnam as part of a two-week trip to five [...]

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Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino passes away

August 1, 2009
Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino passes away

Former Philippine president Corazon “Cory” Aquino died early Saturday morning at age 76 after battling colon cancer for over a year, her family said. File photo taken on June 6, 2008 shows former Philippine President Corazon Aquino (C) attending a banquet at the residential place of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada (L) in Manila.(Xinhua/Xu Guilin)Corazon [...]

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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...