Washington has been working to elevate ties with Hanoi to a “strategic” partnership. Read more at straitstimes.com.
FREEPORT - United States President Joe Biden said on Friday that Vietnam’s leader wants to meet him for talks at the September G20 summit in New Delhi to discuss elevating US-Vietnam relations.
At a meeting in April, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Washington has been working to elevate ties with Hanoi to a “strategic” partnership from one that for the past decade has been called “comprehensive”, although Vietnam has been cautious given the risk of antagonising China, a giant neighbor that supplies key inputs for its vital export trade, or Russia, another traditional partner.
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