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Washington (AFP) - Vietnam on Tuesday called on the United States to recognize it as a market economy, saying stronger trade ties would benefit Washington in key areas as it seeks to diversify from China. Vietnam and China are among a dozen countries designated non-market economies by the United States, allowing tougher actions on their exports. President Joe Biden's administration in October agreed to review Vietnam's status. "Our American friends and partners often say a strong, independent, resilient and prosperous Vietnam is in the interest of the United States. We look forward to stronger...
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Seoul (AFP) - Microsoft has seized the websites of a Vietnam-based group it alleges sold millions of fake accounts to cybercriminals who used them for ransomware attacks, identity theft and other scams around the world. The group, identified by Microsoft as Storm-1152, developed sophisticated tools to defeat the US tech giant's security features to set up fraudulent Outlook and Hotmail email accounts in bulk. Who is in Storm-1152? Storm-1152 was first detected in 2021. Arkose Labs, the cybersecurity firm that worked with Microsoft against the group, tracked it to Vietnam. The leaders of the gr...
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Bangkok (AFP) - As global tributes to late US diplomat Henry Kissinger poured in, his death stirred fury across Southeast Asia. Homage has been paid to Kissinger's realpolitik and intellectual heft as secretary of state to US presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. But in Southeast Asia, millions have remembered when the United States bombed swathes of Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War, an onslaught ordered by Kissinger and Nixon. "Every single time I hear Kissinger's name, my blood boils," Sera Koulabdara, who fled Laos with her family at age six, told AFP. The bombing was a failed a...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden is counting his wins from a grueling trip to Asia, but at home he faces a string of political showdowns to keep his reelection bid on sure footing. The 80-year-old had 2024 in his sights when he said on his return from India and Vietnam on Monday that his travels had "strengthened America's leadership on the global stage." With his Democratic Party reportedly alarmed by his poll ratings, Biden used his time at the G20 in Delhi and in Hanoi to talk up his credentials as US commander-in-chief and international statesman. But the situation on his return t...
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Hanoi (AFP) - "You haven't aged a day." Joe Biden, 80, couldn't help laughing as he was complimented by Vietnam's 79-year-old Communist Party leader during a visit to Hanoi. However, the humorous aside was at odds with the constant criticism from home about his advancing years as he campaigns for a second term. If he is re-elected next year, the Democrat would remain in the White House until the age of 86, a prospect that does not sit well with Americans. Biden's age is a major handicap in the polls, despite the White House's efforts to boast about his economic, social and diplomatic successes...
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Hanoi (AFP) - US President Joe Biden hailed closer ties with Vietnam on Sunday as the two countries struck a deal to deepen cooperation, including on semiconductors, but said he was not aiming to contain China. The "comprehensive strategic partnership" with Hanoi is part of Washington's push to bolster its network of allies around Asia and the Pacific in the face of Beijing's rising influence. Biden accused Beijing of seeking to bend the international order to its will. "One of the things that is going on now is China is beginning to change some of the rules of the game, in terms of trade and ...
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Hanoi (AFP) - US President Joe Biden will use a visit to Hanoi to boost his image as a unifier by saluting the memory of John McCain -- Vietnam War hero, Republican stalwart, and serial antagonist of Donald Trump. Biden begins a two-day visit to Vietnam on Sunday to deepen diplomatic and economic ties with the communist state in the face of growing Chinese assertiveness and concerns about supply chain vulnerabilities. But with the 2024 election rapidly approaching, Biden is keeping one eye on the campaign even while abroad. The 80-year-old, gunning for a second term, will Monday visit the memo...
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Hanoi (AFP) - President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday on a mission to bolster US influence, but the heavy emphasis on countering rival China will likely confine human rights concerns to the margins. Biden will become the latest in an unbroken line of US presidents since Bill Clinton in 2000 to visit the Southeast Asian former foe. The underlying goal will be much the same as during Biden's time at the G20 summit in New Delhi this week -- to shore up support against China's growing influence. "For decades, the US and Vietnam have worked to overcome a painful shared legacy of the Vietna...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden on Tuesday awarded the highest US military honor to an army helicopter pilot who saved four troops during the Vietnam War, in a ceremony days before the president heads to the Southeast Asian nation. Larry Taylor, now 81, braved heavy enemy fire so a group of trapped soldiers could cling onto the skids of his two-seat Cobra helicopter, a never-before-attempted feat at the time. "That's valor, that's our nation at its very best," Biden said before placing the Medal of Honor around the retired captain's neck in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Taylor d...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he would travel to Vietnam "shortly" as part of an effort to improve ties with Hanoi, as Washington seeks to counter China's influence in the region. "I'm going to be going to Vietnam shortly because Vietnam wants to change our relationship and become a partner," Biden said during remarks in New Mexico. "We find ourselves in a situation where all these changes around the world are taking place at a time we have an opportunity ... to change the dynamic," he added. The United States and Vietnam have increasingly close trade links, while both...
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