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Vietnam protests China’s weather stations in disputed sea

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2012, file photo, a warning sign stands in a field contaminated with dioxin near Danang airport, during a ceremony marking the start of a project to clean up dioxin left over from the Vietnam War, at a former U.S. military base in Danang, Vietnam. The sign reads; &quot;Dioxin contamination zone - livestock, poultry and fishery operations not permitted.&quot; Vietnam and the United States have finished cleaning up dioxin contamination at the airport caused by the transport and storage of the herbicide on and around the area. (AP Photo/Maika Elan, File)

Vietnam, US complete cleanup of toxic chemical from airport

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Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Trong on Friday submitted a Pacific Rim trade pact to the National Assembly for approval, the government said. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will take effect at the year’s end after Australia earlier this week become the sixth nation to ratify it. (Nguyen Phuong Hoa/Vietnam News Agency via AP)

Vietnam to ratify Pacific Rim trade pact

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Owner of well-known Salt Lake City record store retiring

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Proposal for Vietnam War commemoration complex dies

By WILLIAM KIBLER and The (Altoona) Mirror - Associated Press

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is sworn in as the country's president in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The 74-year-old Trong was elected president by the National Assembly succeeding thelate President Tran Dai Quang who died last month after battling a viral illness for more than a year. (Nguyen Phuong Hoa/ Vietnam News Agency via AP)

Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president

By YVES DAM VAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, center, a prominent Vietnamese blogger, stands trial in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Vietnam has freed a well-known blogger after two years in prison on the condition that she leave for the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as “Mother Mushroom,” was arrested in October 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of defaming the Communist government. (Tien Minh/ Vietnam News Agency via AP, File)

Exiled Vietnamese blogger: I’m not alone advocating freedom

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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, center, a prominent Vietnamese blogger, stands trial in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Vietnam has freed a well-known blogger after two years in prison on the condition that she leave for the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as “Mother Mushroom,” was arrested in October 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of defaming the Communist government. (Tien Minh/ Vietnam News Agency via AP, File)

Vietnam frees popular blogger on condition she leave for US

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, listens during talks with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, Vietnam. Mattis is planning to make his second visit to Vietnam this year, signaling how vigorously the Trump administration is trying to counter China's military assertiveness in the South China Sea by building up relations with smaller nations in the region. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, File)

Mattis: Trump says defense chief’s job is ‘100 percent’ safe

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Blumenthal Veracity Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Richard Blumenthal’s chutzpah moment

By Allan H. Ryskind

This cover image released by Harper shows &quot;Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy: 1945-1975,&quot; by Max Hastings. (Harper via AP)

‘Vietnam’ by Max Hastings is masterful account of the war

By JERRY HARKAVY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich, left, review an honor guard in Hanoi, Vietnam. By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Mattis is showing how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller nations in the region who share American wariness about Chinese intentions. The visit beginning Tuesday also shows how far U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War, whose legacy includes a continued search for the remains of U.S. war dead on Vietnamese soil. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, File)

Mattis trip to Vietnam aimed at countering China’s influence

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich, left, review an honor guard in Hanoi, Vietnam. By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Mattis is showing how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller nations in the region who share American wariness about Chinese intentions. The visit beginning Tuesday also shows how far U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War, whose legacy includes a continued search for the remains of U.S. war dead on Vietnamese soil. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, File)

Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China

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Iowa governor orders flags lowered to honor fallen Marine

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In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, photo, Vietnamese activist Doan Khanh Vinh Quang, front right, is escorted to the court house in Can Tho province, Vietnam. Quang was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his Facebook posts that judges say insulted the ruling Communist Party and government and called for anti-government protests. (Thanh Sang/Vietnam News Agency via AP)

Vietnam jails activist for anti-government posts on Facebook

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Dedicated to the Women Air Force Service Pilots who served in WWII, a statue featuring a woman looking skyward honors the efforts of the WASPs at the Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville, Wis., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

The Highground Veterans Memorial Park celebrates 30 years

By BARRY ADAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang meets with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential Palace during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, Vietnam. Official media say Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has died at age 61 due to illness on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang dies of illness at 61

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, photo, activist Dao Quang Thuc stands trial in Hoa Binh, Vietnam. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the government by the People's Court in Hoa Binh province Wednesday. (Vu Thi Ha/ Vietnam News Agency via AP)

Vietnam jails teacher to 14 years over attempted subversion

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Lawmakers seek to name clinic after Medal of Honor winner

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7 die of suspected drug overdoses at Vietnam music festival

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