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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

FILE - In this Aug 25, 2019, file photo, a conservationist holds up a Central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle (Bourret's box turtle) at a sanctuary in Cuc Phuong national park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday signed a directive to ban wildlife imports and closes illegal wildlife markets as a response to the thread of zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Vietnam bans wildlife imports, markets amid new health fears

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Cho Ray Hospital, a doctor attends to “Patient 91”, a British pilot who survived COVID-19 and seated on a wheelchair as he was recovering at Cho Ray hospital on June 11, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical COVID-19 patient is virus free and has recovered enough to make the long flight home next Sunday, doctors said, Monday, July 6. (Cho Ray Hospital via AP)

British pilot heading home after Vietnam hospital discharge

By HIEU DINH - Associated Press

British pilot to leave Vietnam for home after virus recovery

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam Friday, June 26, 2020. Leaders from the Southeast Asian ten-nation bloc hold the bi-annual summit via online video conference to discuss regional issues. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

ASEAN tackles emergency virus fund, sea feud in video summit

By HAU DINH and YVES VAN DAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 13, 2013 file photo, actor Delroy Lindo attends the NBC Network 2013 Upfront in New York. Lindo stars in Spike Lee's latest film, &quot;Da Bloods.&quot; (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Delroy Lindo on his titanic performance in ‘Da 5 Bloods’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in a scene from the Spike Lee film &quot;Da 5 Bloods.&quot; (David Lee/Netflix via AP)

What makes an American a patriot? Spike Lee has some answers

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in a scene from the Spike Lee film &quot;Da 5 Bloods.&quot; (David Lee/Netflix via AP)

What makes an American a patriot? Spike Lee has some answers

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Spike Lee arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Spike Lee: ‘American patriotism is when you say: s—- is f—-ed up’

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

China Expansionism Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Many fear that Vietnam could be the next target of a hostile takeover by China

By Anthony D. Salzman

Containers are loaded on a ship at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam May 3, 2020. Vietnam on Monday, June 8, 2020, ratified a significant trade deal with the European Union, which is expected boost the country's manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from a dip caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Texas Rep. Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at age 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Sam Johnson, Texas congressman who spent 7 years as a Vietnam POW, dies at 89

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Texas Rep. Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at age 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Sam Johnson dies at 89

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Texas Rep. Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at age 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Sam Johnson, ex-Texas GOP congressman and Vietnam POW, dies

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Vietnam veteran recalls 50-year journey, changed feelings

By HEATHER ZIEGLER and The Intelligencer - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, speaks from Singapore during a videoconference on COVID-19 between ASEAN Foreign Ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

US blasts China at Southeast Asian meeting on coronavirus

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Southeast Asian ministers endorse plans for pandemic fund

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. Despite the coronavirus outbreak, China is keeping up with military exercises around Taiwan at the northern edge of the South China Sea. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A woman cycles past closed shops in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, March 27, 2020. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered to shut down non-essential business to curb the spread of COVID-19. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam orders non-essential businesses to close for 2 weeks

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A woman takes away signs after the cancellation of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Friday, March 13, 2020. The first F1 Grand Prix of the season was canceled two hours before the first official practice was set to start Friday after organizers relented to pressure to call it off amid the spreading coronavirus. (Michael Dodge/AAP Image via AP)

Bahrain and Vietnam GPs off because of coronavirus outbreak

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press