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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, left, and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong pose for photos during their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says it will help Vietnam become a ‘partner country’ in the BRICS bloc of developing nations

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

FILE - A page from the Temu website is seen, June 23, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Chinese online retailer Temu suspended in Vietnam

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan attends trial in an appeal she filed against her death sentence in a financial fraud case in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Tran Quynh/VNExpress via AP)

Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Vietnam's newly elected President Luong Cuong, from left, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam are seen outside the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, Oct.21, 2024. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Vietnam appoints army general as new president after months of turmoil

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony for Li's official visit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)

China’s Premier Li talks trade in Vietnam despite differences over South China Sea

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CORRECTS NAME OF ZOO- Tigers are kept in cages at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien Hoa city, Vietnam on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Phuoc Tuan/VNExpress via AP)

Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam

By Hau Dinh - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2016, photo, Vietnamese fishermen fix nets on their boat while docked at Tho Quang port, Danang, Vietnam, after a fishing trip in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Vietnam condemns China for assault on its fishermen in the disputed South China Sea

By Hau Dinh - Associated Press

A worker sorts shrimps at a farm in Kebumen, Centra Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers

By David Rising - Associated Press

Peoples leave the Bangkok Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned

By Jintamas Saksornchai and David Rising - Associated Press

People wade in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon’s aftermath brings flash floods and landslides

By Hau Dinh and David Rising - Associated Press

A bridge collapse due to floods triggered by typhoon Yagi in Phu Tho province, Vietnam on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 (Bui Van Lanh/ VNA via AP)

Flooding sweeps away a bus and a bridge collapses in Vietnam as storm deaths rise to 59

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

People walk past broken light post after typhoon Yagi hit the city, in Hai Phong, northern Vietnam on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Minh Quyet/VNA via AP)

Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain that can cause flooding

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Vietnam's President To Lam walk out of a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of China and Vietnam pledge to strengthen political and economic ties

By Emily Wang Fujiyama and Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Philippine coast guard shows damage in the auxiliary room on the port side near the port auxiliary engine of the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410) after a collision with a Chinese coast guard ship Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame

By Simina Mistreanu and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Vietnamese President To Lam, center left, waves as he arrives in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, as he starts his three-day official visit to China, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)

Visit by Vietnam’s new leader to China reflects key relationship, even as it builds ties with U.S.

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Religious persecution around the world illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Case of Y Quynh Bdap and U.S. standing up to religious persecution

By Rep. Michelle Steel and Eric Patterson

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the media in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept. 10, 2023. Vietnamese President To Lam on Thursday, July 18, 2024, became the caretaker of the Communist Party because of Trong's poor health, the party said in a statement. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Vietnamese President To Lam embrace during an official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha walk together after Putin's arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, June. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia’s isolation deepens

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. North Korean state media says Putin will arrive in the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit, his first trip to the country in 24 years. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

With North Korea trip, sanctioned Putin copies ‘Kim family playbook’

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times