07/14/20
US, Vietnam ties have never been better
Former battlefield foes celebrated 25-year anniversary of relations with high mutual praise and a joint eye on China
By By DAVID HUTT
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Quan hệ Mỹ, Việt chưa bao giờ tốt hơn.
Những kẻ thù chiến trường trước đây đă kỷ niệm 25 năm quan hệ với sự tán dương lẫn nhau và cùng hướng mắt về Trung Quốc
Việt Nam hiện được coi là đồng minh thân thiết nhất của Mỹ tại Đông Nam Á, trong khi Washington thường xuyên t́m cách tán dương Hà Nội và nâng cao vị thế quốc tế.
Panegyrics were expressed all around when the United States and Vietnam marked the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations, a remarkable reconciliatory event between the former bitter adversaries.
Vietnam is now regarded as America’s closest ally in Southeast Asia, while Washington regularly goes out of its way to champion Hanoi and improve its international standing.
“Today we can sincerely call one another friend and partner,” said US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink on July 11 to commemorate the event, while his Vietnamese counterpart Ha Kim Ngoc returned the gesture by commenting on the “mutual affection” of their peoples.
According to a Pew Research Center, a survey in 2015, 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, found that 76% of Vietnamese had “favorable” views of the US, which was an even higher 89% among “more highly educated people.” It was one of the highest such percentages of any country included in the poll.
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