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In this file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint press briefing with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) **FILE**

Pompeo says AES of US, PetroVietnam to sign $2.8B LNG deal

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An empty street is barricaded ahead of Typhoon Molave in Da Nang, Vietnam Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Typhoon Malove sank a few fishing boats as it approached Vietnam's south central coast on Wednesday morning. (Vo Van Dung/VNA via AP)

Strong typhoon slams Vietnam; at least 2 dead, 26 missing

By Hau Dinh - Associated Press

People move fishing boats to save place ahead of Typhoon Molave in Danang, Vietnam on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. National agency forecasts the typhoon to hit Vietnam on Wednesday morning in the central region where 1.3 people could face evacuation. (Tran Le Lam/VNA via AP)

Vietnam evacuating low-lying areas as strong typhoon nears

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, sits during a meeting with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monhday, Oct. 19, 2020. Suga is on an official visit to Vietnam. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s PM, in Indonesia, says SE Asia key for his nation

By NINIEK KARMINI and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center right, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center left, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights

By HAU DINH and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

An army officer stands at the site of a landslide at a forest ranger outpost in Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 army personnel and two other people who were buried in the landslide while trying to reach victims of another landslide, state media reported Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Tran Le Lam/VNA via AP)

Bodies of 13 rescuers recovered from Vietnam landslide

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Prominent Vietnam dissident arrested on anti-state charges

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West Virginia veteran gets his flag half a century later

By MARIA YOUNG and The Charleston Gazette-Mail - Associated Press

Lightning kills 7 in Cambodia, storm hits land in Vietnam

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Vietnam Fishing Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. rebukes China by joining Vietnam in strengthening South China Sea marine management

By James Borton

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2019, file photo, airport personnel load a coffin into an ambulance at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. A court in central Vietnam has sentenced seven people for smuggling a woman who later died in a truck together with 38 other people as they were being transported into Britain. (Vietnam News Agency via AP, File)

Vietnam sentences 7 for human smuggling to Britain

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

This image taken from video provided by VTV shows ASEAN foreign ministers watching Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center, delivering a speech during the opening of ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Southeast Asia's top diplomats are holding their annual talks by video Wednesday to discuss the immense crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing. (VTV via AP)

ASEAN talks tackle pandemic, sea feud amid US-China rivalry

By HAU DINH and YVES VAN DAM - Associated Press

Vietnam demands Malaysia probe fatal shooting of fisherman

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Cambodian politician arrested for comments about border land

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

People wait in line for COVID-19 test in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 31, 2020. Vietnam reported on Friday the country's first ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam reports more than 3 dozen new cases, 3rd death

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

An aerial photo shows quiet streets during social distancing in Hoi An, Vietnam, Friday, July 31, 2020. The old town, Vietnam's top tourist attraction, starts two weeks of social distancing on Friday morning in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh)

Vietnam reports 1st ever virus death after renewed outbreak

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Vietnamese COVID-19 patients in protective gear, holding Vietnamese flags and carrying a portrait of the national leader Ho Chi Minh, arrive at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The 129 patients who were working in Equatorial Guinea are brought home in a repatriation flight for treatment of the coronavirus. (Tran Huy Hung/VNA via AP)

After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, file photo, Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan acknowledges the applause of supporters as he concedes to Republican challenger Mitch Daniels in the race for governor in Indianapolis. Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan has lost the ability to speak due to Alzheimer's disease and is living in a care facility, according to a report confirmed by his former press secretary Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Ex-Indiana Gov. Kernan, who was a Vietnam POW, dies at 74

By TOM DAVIES - Associated Press

Sunbathers enjoy the beach in Pollença, in the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The U.K. government's recommendation against all but essential travel to the whole of Spain means that all travelers arriving in Britain from that country will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Spain, Germany eye lockdown as coronavirus returns

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

The once crowded beach is empty following a lockdown order in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Vietnam on Tuesday locked down its third-largest city for two weeks after more than a dozen cases of COVID-19 were found in a hospital. (AP Photo/Luke Groves)

Vietnam locks down its 3rd largest city as virus cases grow

By HAU DINH - Associated Press