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FILE - Journalist Neil Sheehan is shown in New York, Nov. 29, 1988. Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war, has died. He was 84. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)

Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

By WILL LESTER - Associated Press

At Black cemetery, teen killed in Vietnam War honored

By ISABELLE TAFT and The Sun Herald - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo, containers are loaded on a ship at the Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. China and 14 other countries have agreed to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually on Sunday, Nov. 15, on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

ASEAN, China, other partners sign world’s biggest trade pact

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint press briefing with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) **FILE**

Pompeo says AES of US, PetroVietnam to sign $2.8B LNG deal

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In this file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to board an aircraft to leave for Maldives, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. On Wednesday, the State Department that Mr. Pompeo will travel to Hanoi to "reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-Vietnam comprehensive partnership and promote our shared commitment to a peaceful and prosperous region." (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, Pool) **FILE**

Pompeo to make unscheduled Vietnam stop to boost anti-China mission

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A bulldozer clears out the road damaged by landslide to access a village swamped by another landslide in Quang Nam province, Vietnam on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Typhoon Molave slammed into Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, sinking two fishing boats with 26 crew members in what was feared to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 20 years. (Bui Van Lanh/VNA via AP)

Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

An empty street is barricaded ahead of Typhoon Molave in Da Nang, Vietnam Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Typhoon Malove sank a few fishing boats as it approached Vietnam's south central coast on Wednesday morning. (Vo Van Dung/VNA via AP)

Strong typhoon slams Vietnam; at least 2 dead, 26 missing

By Hau Dinh - Associated Press

People move fishing boats to save place ahead of Typhoon Molave in Danang, Vietnam on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. National agency forecasts the typhoon to hit Vietnam on Wednesday morning in the central region where 1.3 people could face evacuation. (Tran Le Lam/VNA via AP)

Vietnam evacuating low-lying areas as strong typhoon nears

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, sits during a meeting with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monhday, Oct. 19, 2020. Suga is on an official visit to Vietnam. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s PM, in Indonesia, says SE Asia key for his nation

By NINIEK KARMINI and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center right, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center left, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights

By HAU DINH and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

An army officer stands at the site of a landslide at a forest ranger outpost in Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 army personnel and two other people who were buried in the landslide while trying to reach victims of another landslide, state media reported Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Tran Le Lam/VNA via AP)

Bodies of 13 rescuers recovered from Vietnam landslide

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Prominent Vietnam dissident arrested on anti-state charges

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West Virginia veteran gets his flag half a century later

By MARIA YOUNG and The Charleston Gazette-Mail - Associated Press

Lightning kills 7 in Cambodia, storm hits land in Vietnam

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Vietnam Fishing Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. rebukes China by joining Vietnam in strengthening South China Sea marine management

By James Borton

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2019, file photo, airport personnel load a coffin into an ambulance at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. A court in central Vietnam has sentenced seven people for smuggling a woman who later died in a truck together with 38 other people as they were being transported into Britain. (Vietnam News Agency via AP, File)

Vietnam sentences 7 for human smuggling to Britain

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

This image taken from video provided by VTV shows ASEAN foreign ministers watching Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center, delivering a speech during the opening of ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Southeast Asia's top diplomats are holding their annual talks by video Wednesday to discuss the immense crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing. (VTV via AP)

ASEAN talks tackle pandemic, sea feud amid US-China rivalry

By HAU DINH and YVES VAN DAM - Associated Press

Vietnam demands Malaysia probe fatal shooting of fisherman

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Cambodian politician arrested for comments about border land

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

People wait in line for COVID-19 test in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 31, 2020. Vietnam reported on Friday the country's first ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam reports more than 3 dozen new cases, 3rd death

By HAU DINH - Associated Press