{"id":175933,"date":"2025-11-03T09:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=175933"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:55:55","slug":"olive-branch-to-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=175933","title":{"rendered":"Olive Branch to Viet Nam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hegseth in Vietnam to strengthen defense ties and reassure a cautious partner<\/h3>\n

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL<\/strong>
\nHANOI, Vietnam (AP) \u2014 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was in Vietnam on Sunday, reaffirming a partnership built on healing the scars of the Vietnam War in a trip that will test whether Washington can reassure a vital but wary partner.<\/p>\n

Hegseth said addressing the legacies of the war, which ended 50 years ago in April, remains the foundation and a top priority of the countries\u2019 defense relationship.<\/p>\n

At the end of his talks with Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang, Hegseth handed over a leather box, a belt and a small knife \u2014 wartime artifacts once taken by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

Such returns have become part of broader reconciliation efforts between the two countries, with similar relics \u2014 including letters, identification tags and photographs \u2014 handed back to the U.S. in recent years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AP News<\/a><\/p>\n

Shoring up the Pacific to counter China of course. The administration sweetened also the pot for Viet Nam with a “Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade” policy, the art of the deal in action once again.<\/p>\n

We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
\nLord Palmerston<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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