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Iran warning to US warship sends tensions soaring 

January 3, 2012
Iran warning to US warship sends tensions soaring 

  An Iranian ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 2. Iran’s military has warned one of the US navy’s biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran’s nuclear drive. Iran’s military on [...]

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Vietnam, US set for military medical partnership 

August 4, 2011
Vietnam, US set for military medical partnership 

US Navy Surgeon General Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson Jr. (seated L) and Vietnam's Military Medical Director Colonel Vu Quoc Binh (seated R) sign a Statement of Intent (SOI) on Military Medical Cooperation in Hanoi August 1, 2011. (REUTERS) Representatives from the Vietnamese and US militaries signed an agreement on establishing formal military medical partnership [...]

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US Navy ships dock in central Vietnam 

July 20, 2011
US Navy ships dock in central Vietnam 

  Two US Naval destroyers and a salvage ship docked Friday in the central city of Da Nang, starting a visit to mark the 16th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations. During the weeklong trip, the 700 crew members of USS Preble, USS Chung Hoon and USNS Safeguard will engage in several activities including humanitarian [...]

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US destroyer to visit Vietnam 

July 5, 2011
US destroyer to visit Vietnam 

The US Naval destroyer USS Chung-Hoon DDG 93 A US Naval destroyer will visit Vietnam, this month, as part of the annual military exchange between the two countries, the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City said in a press release.   USS Chung-Hoon DDG 93 will land at Tien Sa Port, Da Nang, on July [...]

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Immigrants on naval ship returns to Vietnam as commander

November 2, 2009
Immigrants on naval ship returns to Vietnam as commander

Commander Hung Ba Le Hung Ba Le was five years old when he and his family left the country after the fall of the US-backed southern regime on a US naval ship. The native of Hue will return to Vietnam next month as the commander of a destroyer, the US Navy has announced. Commander Hung [...]

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American naval ship joins Vietnam MIA search

June 13, 2009

For the first time Vietnam has allowed a US Navy ship to be deployed to the country’s coast to search for the remains of US servicemen missing in action (MIA) during the Vietnam War. The USNS Bruce C. Heezen oceanographic survey ship, with representatives of the US Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Vietnam [...]

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Half a day on an American aircraft carrier

April 28, 2009
Half a day on an American aircraft carrier

“You feel as though you are a ball that is thrown strongly to the floor and then bounces back,” is how a naval aviator described the feeling when one takes off and land in a fighting aircraft on the USS Stennis, an American aircraft carrier. Colonel Do Minh Tuan, the Deputy Chief of the Vietnam [...]

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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...