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☆ Fire at Vietnam apartment block kills 30 — state media
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Firefighters work to put out a fire and rescue people at an apartment block in Hanoi on September 13, 2023. At least 30 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, among them children, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the city's police. Contacted by Reuters, an officer with Hanoi police said the number of victims had yet to be finalised and declined to provide details. State-run Dan Tri and Saigon Giai Phong put the death toll at 30, citing Hanoi police. Several of the victims were admitted to local hospitals with multiple injuries after having jumped from their windows to escape the fire, state media said, citing Vu Hoang Phuong of Hanoi Medical University Hospital.

Persons: Dan, Phong, Hoang, Pham Minh Chinh Organizations: Vietnam News Agency, Reuters, Hanoi police, Police, Hanoi Medical University Hospital . Locations: Hanoi, Saigon

☆ China, Airbus among potential losers from boosted US-Vietnam ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. But Washington's elevation to the same tier as Beijing in Vietnam's ranking will inevitably have an impact on China. The White House had no new arms deals to announce, but the new ties may facilitate future supplies from the U.S. or its partners. That would inevitably reduce Vietnam's reliance on Russian gear, although Hanoi is currently negotiating a new possible arms deal with Moscow. "We do not have any comment on a decision that does not involve Airbus," an Airbus spokesperson said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyen Phu Trong, Evelyn Hockstein, Mao Ning, Joe Biden's, Biden, Carolyn Nash, Fluence, Germany's, Francesco Guarascio, Tim Hepher, Jamie Freed Organizations: Vietnam's Communist Party General, Communist Party of, REUTERS, Washington, White, AIRBUS, U.S, planemaker Boeing, Vietnam Airlines, Airbus, Boeing, Amnesty International, Vietnam, Communist Party, Human Rights Watch, INDIA Washington, Nvidia, Microsoft, AES, SIEMENS, AMI, Honeywell, Nasdaq, Germany's Siemens, Siemens, Thomson Locations: Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, United States, Washington, CHINA Vietnam, Beijing, China, Vietnam's, RUSSIA Vietnam, Russia, U.S, Moscow, Hanoi , U.S, Asia, MALAYSIA, INDIA, Malaysia, India, Paris

A fire broke out at a nine-story apartment tower in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday night, resulting in more than 50 casualties, the country’s state-run news media said. The Hanoi police announced the figure, which includes dead and injured, hours after the blaze in the capital’s Thanh Xuan district, the Dan Tri newspaper reported on Wednesday morning. The exact death toll was not immediately clear, but Dan Tri reported that many of the 54 people who had been hospitalized after the fire had died. Officials said the cause of the blaze was under investigation. The building has 45 households, and many residents were there when the fire started around 11:30 p.m., the official Vietnam News Agency reported.

Persons: Dan, Dan Tri Organizations: Hanoi police, Dan Tri, Vietnam News Agency Locations: Hanoi, Vietnam, Thanh Xuan

☆ Hanoi, Vietnam: Fire kills many in nine-story apartment building
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Many people were feared dead and several injured in a fire at a nine-story apartment block in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi, the official news agency said on Wednesday, while authorities have yet to confirm the number of deaths. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the building with 150 residents, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said, but had been contained by 2 a.m. local time. Television images showed firefighters equipped with hoses and ladders at the scene by night while a column of thick, dark smoke billowed from the building during the day. Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire, the agency said.

Organizations: Vietnam News Agency, Police Locations: Hanoi

☆ VietJet to take delivery of up to 12 Boeing 737 MAX jets next year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

An aircraft of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines taxis behind a Vietjet aircraft at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHANOI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Vietnam's VietJet said on Tuesday it will take delivery of up to 12 737 MAX jets next year, out of 200 planes it has ordered with Boeing. The first batch of the jets will be delivered to its unit in Thailand, Thai VietJet, the company said in a statement, following a meeting between its chairwoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Boeing Global President Brendan Nelson in Hanoi. On Monday, VietJet signed a memorandum of understanding with Carlyle Aviation Partners for pre-delivery payment financing facility worth up to $550 million to fund its 737 MAX aircraft purchases, it said. Reporting by Khanh VuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vietnam's VietJet, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Brendan Nelson, VietJet, Khanh Vu Organizations: Vietnam Airlines, REUTERS, Rights, MAX, Boeing, Boeing Global, Carlyle Aviation Partners, Thomson Locations: Noi Bai, Hanoi, Vietnam, Rights HANOI, Thailand, Thai

☆ Opinion | Bayard Rustin Challenged Progressive Orthodoxies
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( James Kirchick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In May 1966, the moderate integrationist John Lewis was ousted from the chairmanship of SNCC by the Black Power radical Stokely Carmichael. Committed to a political program that would improve the lives of the poor and working class regardless of their skin color, Mr. Rustin opposed racial preferences . Contrary to contemporary “antiracism” advocates who claim that the existence of racial disparities necessarily constitutes evidence of racism, Mr. Rustin asserted, “That blacks are underrepresented in a particular profession does not by itself constitute racial discrimination.”Another major source of tension between Mr. Rustin and the progressive left concerned American foreign policy. Briefly a member of the Young Communist League in the 1930s, Mr. Rustin followed the path of many a disillusioned ex-Communist by becoming a staunch anti-Communist. Although an early opponent of American military involvement in Vietnam, Mr. Rustin could not, as he wrote in 1967, “go along with those who favor immediate U.S. withdrawal, or who absolve Hanoi and the Vietcong from all guilt.

Persons: —, John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael, Rustin, “, Mr, ”, antiracism ”, George McGovern’s, leftward, Scoop Jackson Organizations: SNCC, Black Power, Negro, Democratic Party, Young Communist League, Communist, Social Democrats, USA, Socialist Party of America, Soviet Union, Democratic, Coalition for Locations: American, Vietnam, Hanoi, South Vietnam, Soviet, Washington

☆ US Says Hanoi Ties Upgrade Is Not a 'Cold War' Move Against China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

HANOI (Reuters) - The United States' move to upgrade relation with Hanoi is not a Cold War move against China, a U.S. National Security Council official said on Wednesday. Vietnam and the United States on Sunday upgraded their relationship to the highest diplomatic status during a visit to Hanoi by U.S. President Joe Biden. On Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning called on the U.S. to "abandon hegemony and Cold War thinking," in her response to the Vietnam-U.S. relation upgrade. "We demand that the United States, when dealing with relations with Asian countries, must respect the common aspiration of regional countries for stability, cooperation, and development, abide by the basic norms of international relations," Ning said. Vietnam and China have for years been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called the East Sea by Vietnam.

Persons: Mira Rapp, Hooper, Joe Biden, Mao Ning, Ning, Rapp, Khanh Vu, Francesco Guarascio, Lincoln Organizations: United, U.S . National Security, National Security, Sunday Locations: HANOI, United States, Hanoi, China, U.S, Vietnam, Sea

But for rights advocates, Biden's travels were a disappointment, given his administration's vow to prioritize human rights when taking office in 2021. The White House also unveiled a Vietnam Airlines purchase of 50 Boeing 737 Max jets worth $7.8 billion. Rights advocates fear a lack of focus on human rights, while not unexpected, will not only fail to improve conditions in Vietnam and India, but risk worsening them elsewhere. Reporters asked Biden in Vietnam if he was putting U.S. strategic interests above rights and replied: "I’ve raised it (human rights) with every person I met with." "As such, the Biden administration has tended to downplay or avoid human rights discussions," he said.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Biden's, Biden, Carolyn Nash, Narendra Modi's, HRW, Nash, John Sifton, Sifton, Modi, Vietnam's, Kurt Campbell, Campbell, Murray Hiebert, Vietnamese Communist Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong, Lam, Derek Grossman, David Brunnstrom, Humeyra Pamuk, Don Durfee, Josie Kao Organizations: Vietnam Airlines, Boeing, Max, Amnesty International, Rights, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rights Watch, Vietnam, Communist Party, U.S, Biden, U.S ., Washington's Center, Strategic, International Studies, Vietnamese Communist Party Chief, RAND Corp, Thomson Locations: Vietnam, India, Washington, Hanoi, U.S, Asia, Pacific, China, Saudi Arabia

☆ Vietnam Apartment Block Fire Kills 'Many' - State Media
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

HANOI (Reuters) - Many people are feared dead and several have been injured in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, state media reported on Wednesday. Authorities have not confirmed the number of deaths as of early Wednesday. The fire broke out in the middle of the night at a block, where 150 people resided, according to the official Vietnam News Agency. (Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)

Persons: Phuong Nguyen, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Authorities, Vietnam News Agency Locations: HANOI, Hanoi

☆ Joe Biden approval rating: How popular is the US president?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (not pictured) in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 11, 2023. The poll had a margin of error of three percentage points and showed approval of Biden to be largely a matter of partisanship. Following the two Democrat-backed probes into Trump, the Republican president lost his 2020 reelection bid to Biden. The new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed the economy remained Americans' top concern, with 23% of respondents selecting it as "the most important problem facing the U.S. The Reuters/Ipsos poll gathered responses online from 1,029 adults, using a nationally representative sample.

Persons: Joe Biden, Pham Minh Chinh, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Hunter, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Jason Lange, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington Organizations: Vietnam's, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic Party, Republicans, Reuters, Biden, Republican U.S . House, U.S . House, U.S . Senate, Republican, Democrat, Trump, Thomson Locations: Hanoi, Vietnam, Clinton

☆ This green armored train has carried the Kim family for decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In the background, women in dresses and traditional clothing can be seen cheering and waving the North Korean flag. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves before departing Pyongyang for Russia on September 11, 2023. Armored train of luxuryThe train has long been the subject of intrigue, carrying generations of the Kim family across the country and on rare overseas trips. The same train – green with yellow striping – was seen in footage from Russian state media when Kim Jong Il visited Russia in 2002. Information from inside the country slowed to a trickle, even more so in recent years under Kim Jong Un’s rule.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, Vladimir Putin, Choe Sun Hui, Chol, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Konstantin Pulikovsky, Kim Jong Il’s, Pulikovsky, ” Pulikovsky, Xi Jinping, KCNA, KCNA Kim, Donald Trump, Putin Organizations: CNN, North, KCNA, Central Military Commission, Workers ’ Party, Reuters, Russian, Ministry, New York Times, Times, South, South Korean, Chosun Ilbo, Nuclear, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, North Korean, Yonhap Locations: North Korean, Russia, United States, Russia’s, Pyongyang, Korean, Switzerland, North Korea, Bordeaux, Burgundy, South, Korea, China, Beijing, Vietnam, Hanoi, Vladivostok, South Korean

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. Deals unveiled by the White House during the trip include Vietnam Airlines' purchase of 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, in an agreement that it said was worth $7.8 billion, in line with an earlier Reuters report. The White House also announced plans by Microsoft (MSFT.O) to make a "generative AI-based solution tailored for Vietnam and emerging markets." The White House also highlighted the number of chip-related investments by U.S. firms in Vietnam, including plans by Marvell and Synopsys (SNPS.O) to build chip design centres in the country. U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken and Vietnam's investment minister Nguyen Chi Dung chaired the meeting, which was followed by discussions with Biden and Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyen Phu Trong, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, MoMo, Biden, Vietnam's FPT, Antony Blinken, Nguyen Chi Dung, Pham Minh Chinh, Dung, Phuong Nyugen, Nandita Bose, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Vietnam's Communist Party General, Communist Party of, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Intel, Marvell, Boeing, Innovation, Investment, Nasdaq, Vietnam Airlines, White, Max, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel's, Honeywell, State, Vietnam's, Thomson Locations: Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, Rights HANOI, chipmaking, Washington, China, Taiwan, U.S, United States

☆ Vietnam Air inks $7.8 bln deal for Boeing 737 max planes, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An aircraft of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines taxis at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 11 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that Vietnam Airlines' (HVN.HM) deal to buy 50 737 Max jets from U.S. planemaker Boeing (BA.N) is worth $7.8 billion. Boeing and Vietnam Airlines did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The deal between the two companies was announced by the White House on Sunday. Boeing also has a deal with Vietnam Airlines' rival VietJet (VJC.HM) for the sale of 200 of its 737 MAX planes.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden's, Vietnam's FPT, Shubham, Mrigank Dhaniwala Organizations: Vietnam Airlines, REUTERS, planemaker Boeing, Reuters, Vietnam Air, Boeing, White, International Air Transport Association, Microsoft, Nvidia, Thomson Locations: Noi Bai, Hanoi, Vietnam, Bengaluru

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. Senior executives from Google (GOOGL.O), Intel (INTC.O), Amkor (AMKR.O), Marvell (MRVL.O), GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) and Boeing (BA.N) are attending the Vietnam-U.S. Newly unveiled deals by the White House include plans by Microsoft (MSFT.O) to make a "generative AI-based solution tailored for Vietnam and emerging markets." The White House also highlighted the number of chip-related investments by U.S. firms in Vietnam, including plans by Marvell and Synopsys (SNPS.O) to build chip design centres in the country. Vietnam Airlines will also purchase 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, the White House said, in an agreement that a source told Reuters was valued at about $7.5 billion.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyen Phu Trong, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, MoMo, Antony Blinken, Nguyen Chi Dzung, Biden, Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam's FPT, Phuong Nyugen, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Vietnam's Communist Party General, Communist Party of, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Intel, Marvell, Boeing, Innovation, Investment, Nasdaq, Vietnam Airlines, State, Vietnam's, White, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel's, Max, Reuters, Honeywell, Thomson Locations: Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, Rights HANOI, U.S, chipmaking, Washington, China, Taiwan . U.S

☆ Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"The United States is committed to continuing to assist Vietnam to develop its self-reliant defense capabilities in accordance with the needs of Vietnam and established mechanism.". Biden said the move represented how much relations have moved on from the "bitter past" of the Vietnam War. "We can trace a 50-year arc of progress between our nations, from conflict to normalization, to this new elevated status," Biden said Sunday. "Vietnam and the United States are critical partners at what I would argue is a very critical time," Biden said. "We think too much in Cold War terms," Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyễn Phú, Biden, I'm, We're, Air Force Frank Kendall, Kendall Organizations: China, Group, Pentagon, ., Air Force, Air and Space Forces Association Locations: Saigon, United States, China, Vietnam, Hanoi , Vietnam, New Delhi, India, Hanoi

The United States imported nearly $127.5 billion in goods from Vietnam in 2022, compared with $101.9 billion in 2021 and $79.6 billion in 2020, according to US government data. The United States needs a trusted partner for its supply of chips, and Vietnam can do just that, Osius said. But that compares favorably with a global growth forecast of 3%, and is noticeably faster many of the world’s major economies, such as the United States, China and the eurozone. Politically, Vietnam shares many similarities to China in that it is an authoritarian one-party state that tolerates little dissent. Vietnam is an obvious choice, because it’s a cheap alternative to manufacturing in China, said García-Herrero.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Donald Trump’s, Nguyen Phu Trong, Biden, Antony Blinken, Evan Vucci, ” Ted Osius, Janet Yellen, Michael Every, Alicia García, Osius, chipmaker, Ho, “ We’re, Natixis, ” Osius, “, — CNN’s Kyle Feldscher, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, America, Apple, Intel, House, Communist Party of, ASEAN Business Council, CNN, United, Atlantic Council, Rabobank, White House, United State, Monetary Fund, “, Netflix, Boeing Locations: Hong Kong, Vietnam, Washington, Hanoi, China, Asia, India, Communist Party of Vietnam, United States, Hanoi Nguyen Huy Kham, United, Beijing, The California, Ho Chi Minh City, Asia underwhelms

☆ For Biden, Who Neither Fought in Vietnam Nor Protested War, Trip Offers Opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Biden brought John Kerry, another combat veteran-turned-senator who ultimately joined Mr. McCain to normalize relations between Washington and Hanoi in 1995. For Mr. McCain and Mr. Kerry, the bloody battles of Vietnam changed their lives, leaving scar tissue so indelible that it shaped their thinking and careers for decades. While a contemporary of his two veteran friends, Mr. Biden never served in uniform, yet neither did he protest the war along with others of his age. For Mr. Biden, then, agreeing to a new strategic relationship with Vietnam during his trip was more about countering China than about exorcising ghosts of the past. It was apragmatic geopolitical calculation: Vietnam wants more distance from Beijing, and the United States wants more friends in the region.

Persons: Biden, John McCain, John Kerry, McCain, Kerry Locations: Hanoi, Vietnam, Washington, China, Beijing, United States

☆ Biden says China is unlikely to invade Taiwan now because Beijing just too busy with its own economic crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US President Joe Biden said China's economic problems could keep Beijing from invading Taiwan. Biden said Chinese President Xi Jinping has his "hands full" with China's economic issues. Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has been stepping up military drills around the island. China's "difficult economic problem" currently is unlikely to cause the country to invade Taiwan, Biden said at a press conference during his state visit to Hanoi in Vietnam, according to a recording on the White House's YouTube channel. "One of the major economic tenets of his plan isn't working at all right now," Biden added, without specifying what he was referring to.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Xi Jinping, Xi, I'm, it's, Li Qiang Organizations: Service, YouTube, Huawei, Washington DC, Cultural Locations: Beijing, Taiwan, Wall, Silicon, Hanoi, Vietnam, China, New Delhi, New York City, Washington, Taipei

Putin reportedly arrived in Vladivostok on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to state TV Russia 24. Kim, meanwhile, appears to be on a train heading to Russia, a South Korean government official told CNN. With its borders sealed because of that for much of the past three years, North Korea has only recently begun to relax travel restrictions. Vladivostok lies 130 km (80 miles) from the border with North Korea. North Korea is already under United Nations and US sanctions imposed over Pyongyang’s weapons of mass destruction program.

Persons: CNN — Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Kim, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Donald Trump –, Xi Jinping, Moon Jae, Sergei Shoigu, Jake Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Ukraine, Russia “, Russia, South, North, The North, Russian, White House, United Nations Locations: Russia, Pyongyang, Moscow, United States, North Korean, Vladivostok, Monday, South Korean, North Korea, Singapore, Hanoi, North, South Korea, China, The, The North Korea, Korea, Ukraine

☆ Biden says global warming topping 1.5 degrees in the next 10 to 20 years is scarier than nuclear war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Biden travels to Vietnam to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. The global temperature rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next two decades is scarier than a nuclear war, said President Joe Biden on Sunday in Vietnam. "The only existential threat humanity faces even more frightening than a nuclear war is global warming going above 1.5 degrees in the next 20 — 10 years," Biden said at a press conference at the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi on Sunday. There's no way back from that," Biden said, according to a White House transcript of the press conference. Did you ever think you'd be sitting at a G20 conference where everyone was preoccupied with the notion of global warming?"

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, António Guterres, Guterres Organizations: JW, Change Service, United Nation's Locations: Hanoi, Vietnam, India, Angola

☆ ‘It Is Evening, Isn’t It?’ An 80-Year-Old President’s Whirlwind Trip.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the 13th hour of the third day of a two-country trip, President Biden stepped onstage at a news conference in Vietnam and bid reporters there a good evening. “It is evening, isn’t it?” the president said, drawing laughs from the jet-lagged masses. The trip, which began in New Delhi with the Group of 20 summit, was a whirlwind for Mr. Biden. In Hanoi, he celebrated the elevation of the U.S.-Vietnamese partnership to the highest level in Vietnam’s diplomatic hierarchy, and said it was part of his administration’s strategy to bolster the American presence in the Indo-Pacific. But Mr. Biden took another objective overseas, too, as he enters an election season facing questions about his age and stamina: showing that he is still up to the challenges of globe-trotting statesmanship.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Group, U.S . Locations: Vietnam, New Delhi, China, United States, Hanoi, U.S

Anwar said the government would support the development of the rare earths industry in Malaysia and that a ban would "guarantee maximum returns for the country". The rare earth industry is expected to contribute as much as 9.5 billion ringgit ($2 billion) to the country's gross domestic product in 2025 and create nearly 7,000 job opportunities, Anwar said in parliament. "Detailed mapping of rare earth element sources and a comprehensive business model that combines upstream, midstream and downstream industries will be developed to maintain the rare earth value chain in the country," he said. The curbs triggered fears that China could also limit exports of other critical minerals including rare earths. Australia's Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (LYC.AX), the biggest producer of rare earths outside China, has a plant in Malaysia to process concentrate that it gets in Australia.

Persons: Anwar Ibrahim, Yasuyoshi, Anwar, David Merriman, Merriman, Mai Nguyen, Rozanna, Melanie Burton, Amy Lv, Edwina Gibbs, David Holmes Organizations: Malaysia's, China, ASEAN Summit, United States Geological Survey, Thomson Locations: ASEAN, Jakarta, Indonesia, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, China, midstream, Malaysian, Australia, Kuala Lumpur, Mai, Hanoi, Melbourne, Beijing

He'll also visit a Hanoi memorial honoring his late friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, who was held for more than five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War . Biden met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, who also accompanied Biden to a quick drop by at a meeting of business leaders. Biden said the shift demonstrated how far bilateral relations had evolved from the “bitter past” of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese wanted to make a show of releasing McCain early as his father assumed command over the Pacific. Despite his experience in Vietnam, McCain was a strong advocate of restoring diplomatic relations with the country that had so badly mistreated him.

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“In the middle of a war zone, Joe Biden showed the world what America is made of. Biden’s current political weaknesses do not go unnoticed by fellow world leaders, most of them politicians themselves who are highly attuned to the electoral landscape. Governments around the world keep close tabs on the American election and the legal dramas currently surrounding the former president. Inside the G20 summit hall in New Delhi, the topic of the forthcoming American election did arise among world leaders, according to US national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Amid the near-constant questions about Biden’s age, it was perhaps welcome when Vietnam’s General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng offered the president a compliment.

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☆ Biden meets Vietnamese prime minister, president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsBiden meets Vietnamese prime minister, presidentPostedThe United States and Vietnam forged business partnerships on Monday (September 11) during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Hanoi, including new deals on planes and AI.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden's Organizations: United, U.S Locations: United States, Vietnam, Hanoi

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