Trump invites Vietnam’s prime minister to visit US

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Vietnam’s prime minister to visit the United States, the Southeast Asian nation’s government said on its website on Friday.

 
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a news conference with Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (unseen) at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

HANOI: U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Vietnam’s prime minister to visit the United States, the Southeast Asian nation’s government said on its website on Friday.

Vietnam took ties with the United States to a new level under former U.S. President Barack Obama, keen for the United States to maintain its security presence in Asia in the face of territorial claims by giant neighbour China. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump invites Vietnam’s prime minister to visit US” →

Vietnam, US talk to strengthen bilateral ties

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Vietnam and the US should sustain and strengthen economic and trade links, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said, describing these links as key to bilateral relations.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

The Vietnamese official, who is on an official visit to the US from 20-21 April, made the suggestion at a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Advisor of the US National Security Council Herbert Raymond McMaster on April 20 in Washington DC.

He reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations, and international integration.

Vietnam and the US boast great potential to strengthen cooperation, he said, suggesting the two sides expand links in education, training, science-technology, security-defence, and humanity, and in overcoming the consequences of war. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam, US talk to strengthen bilateral ties” →

US President Trump to be in Vietnam for regional summit

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Updated : 04/21/2017 07:46 GMT + 7

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017.
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U.S. President Donald Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November, one of which will be hosted by the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang, Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after a meeting with ASEAN secretary general Le Luong Minh.

President Trump will arrive in Da Nang for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Reuters quoted Pence as saying during a visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday. Tiếp tục đọc “US President Trump to be in Vietnam for regional summit” →

Monsanto Tribunal Judges Slam Monsanto over Violation of Human Rights

Posted on Apr 18 2017 – 4:57pm by Sustainable Pulse

Today the five international judges for the Monsanto Tribunal presented their legal opinion, which include key conclusions, both on the conduct of Monsanto and on the need for important changes to international laws governing multinational corporations.

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The judges conclude that Monsanto has engaged in practices that have impinged on the basic human right to a healthy environment, the right to food and the right to health. Additionally, Monsanto’s conduct has a negative impact on the right of scientists to freely conduct indispensable research. Tiếp tục đọc “Monsanto Tribunal Judges Slam Monsanto over Violation of Human Rights” →

San Diego-based destroyers deploying to Asia-Pacific region

Adm. Scott Swift, commander of Pacific Fleet, talks to sailors during an all-hands call aboard the USS Sterett on April 12, 2017, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — A surface action group of Navy destroyers has arrived in Hawaii ahead of a deployment to the Asia-Pacific region. Tiếp tục đọc “San Diego-based destroyers deploying to Asia-Pacific region” →

North Korea on ‘maximum alert’ after US threats

Al Jazeera

Pyongyang tells Washington its nuclear weapons are ‘not an illusion’ following US threats.

North Korea has warned its army is on “maximum alert” after the US vice president visited the heavily militarised border between the two Koreas and reiterated Washington’s position that “all options are on the table” in dealing with Pyongyang.

Sin Hong-chol, North Korea’s deputy foreign minister, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview on Monday that Donald Trump’s administration “should look at the world with open eyes”.

“The time of dictating orders by brandishing the US military might has gone. If those businessmen in power in the US thought of intimidating us by any military or sanction threats – as the [Barack] Obama administration used to do and failed – they will soon find out such threats are useless,” Sin said.

“If we notice any sign of assault on our sovereignty, our army will launch merciless military strikes against the US aggressors, wherever they may exist, from the remote US lands to the American military bases on the Korean peninsula, such as those of Japan and elsewhere.” Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea on ‘maximum alert’ after US threats” →

United States Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ On ISIS in Afghanistan

United States Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ On ISIS in Afghanistan

To blow up an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan, the United States has dropped one of its most powerful non-nuclear bombs — the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, a 21,000-pound munition packing an explosive punch larger than almost anything else in the U.S. conventional arsenal.

According to the Defense Department, local Islamic State fighters had bolstered their subterranean defenses in the province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The MOAB, or GBU-43, was designed as a bunker buster, to allow U.S. forces to penetrate underground nuclear facilities like those in Iran — but made its debut in a more rustic setting. Tiếp tục đọc “United States Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ On ISIS in Afghanistan” →

Ngăn chặn kịp thời nhóm người định bán quả bom 220 kg – Timely intervention made as scrap collectors about to cut 230kg bomb in central Vietnam

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Dân trí Nhóm người rà phế liệu phát hiện một quả bom nặng 220 kg và đang có ý định bán thì được chính quyền huyện Triệu Phong, tỉnh Quảng Trị ngăn chặn kịp thời.

Sau khi nhận được tin báo từ chính quyền, Dự án Renew thuộc Tổ chức Viện Trợ Nhân dân Na Uy (NPA) – một tổ chức nhân đạo hoạt động trong lĩnh vực giảm thiểu nguy cơ bom mìn – đã tiếp cận quả bom và tiến hành vô hiệu hóa trước khi vận chuyển đến khu vực hủy nổ tại bãi cát thuộc xã Triệu Trạch, huyện Triệu Phong. Tiếp tục đọc “Ngăn chặn kịp thời nhóm người định bán quả bom 220 kg – Timely intervention made as scrap collectors about to cut 230kg bomb in central Vietnam” →

Mass grave of 150 martyrs found in Đồng Nai

Update: April, 14/2017 – 17:00 vietnamnews

A sandal belonging to the Vietnamese martyrs found at the mass grave in Biên Hòa airport, Đồng Nai Province on Thursday. — Photo tuoitre.vn
Viet Nam News

ĐỒNG NAI — A mass grave containing remains of some 150 Vietnamese martyrs in the American War was discovered on Thursday in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

The Steering Committee on Search, Collection and Excavation of Martyrs’ Remains, also known as Steering Committee 1237, announced it had found the mass grave at about 10am after several days of digging at a site at the Biên Hòa airport. Tiếp tục đọc “Mass grave of 150 martyrs found in Đồng Nai” →

N. Korea to strike US bases in Asian Pacific & S. Korean presidential palace if US attacks – KCNA

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North Korea will strike US military bases in Japan and South Korea, as well as the South Korean president’s residence in Seoul, if America engages in aggression against Pyongyang, North Korea’s General Staff warned, according to state news agency KCNA.
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North Korea’s military promised to “ruthlessly ravage” the US if the American aircraft carrier group that is currently on its way to the region takes aggressive action.

“Our toughest counteraction against the US and its vassal forces will be taken in such a merciless manner as not to allow the aggressors to survive,” a statement from the military said.

“The Trump administration, which made a surprise guided cruise-missile strike on Syria on April 6, has entered the path of open threat and blackmail,” the statement added.

The General Staff noted that, American military bases in the Pacific, Guam, the island of Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of US troops in Japan, as well as the US mainland, are all within reach of North Korea’s strategic missiles.

On Friday, neighboring China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, warned that tensions between the US and North Korea had escalated to such a point that “a military conflict may start at any moment.”

“Lately, tensions have risen,” Wang said, adding “if a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no winner.” Tiếp tục đọc “N. Korea to strike US bases in Asian Pacific & S. Korean presidential palace if US attacks – KCNA” →

China’s Xi calls for peaceful resolution of N Korea tensions in call with Trump

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tension on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group steamed towards the region.

Trump’s call with Xi, just days after they met in the United States, came as an influential state-run Chinese newspaper warned that the Korean peninsula was the closest it has been to a “military clash” since North Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s Xi calls for peaceful resolution of N Korea tensions in call with Trump” →

Nga, Iran dọa tấn công đáp trả mọi hành động xâm phạm Syria của Mỹ

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Nga và Iran hôm qua tuyên bố Mỹ đã vượt lằn ranh đỏ khi tấn công tên lửa căn cứ Syria và cảnh báo sẽ đáp trả bằng vũ lực mọi hành động xâm phạm.

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Tàu khu trục Đô đốc Grigorovich của Nga được điều đến Địa Trung Hải, sau khi hai tàu chiến Mỹ phóng 59 quả tên lửa vào Syria. Ảnh: Reuters

“Những gì Mỹ thực hiện với hành vi gây hấn ở Syria đã vượt qua lằn ranh đỏ. Từ giờ, chúng tôi sẽ đáp trả bằng vũ lực trước mọi hành động xâm phạm hoặc vượt giới hạn từ bất kỳ bên nào. Mỹ biết khả năng đáp trả của chúng tôi”, Independent dẫn tuyên bố từ trung tâm chỉ huy chung lực lượng Nga, Iran và dân quân ủng hộ chính quyền Tổng thống Syria Bashar al-Assad.

Tiếp tục đọc “Nga, Iran dọa tấn công đáp trả mọi hành động xâm phạm Syria của Mỹ” →

North Korea state media warns of nuclear strike if provoked as US warships approach

SEOUL: North Korean state media on Tuesday (Apr 11) warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of a US pre-emptive strike as a US Navy strike group led by a nuclear-powered aircraft steamed towards the western Pacific.

Tension has escalated sharply on the Korean peninsula with talk of military action by the United States gaining traction following its strikes last week against Syria and amid concerns the reclusive North may soon conduct a sixth nuclear test. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea state media warns of nuclear strike if provoked as US warships approach” →

Nikki Haley: No solution to war with Assad in power

Al Jazeera

US diplomat says removal of Syrian president, pushing Iran out and defeating ISIL are Trump administration priorities.

Syria's army has shown no let-up in its assault on rebel forces [EPA]
Syria’s army has shown no let-up in its assault on rebel forces [EPA]

A political solution to the war in Syria is not possible with President Bashar al-Assad in power, the US ambassador to the UN has said in an apparent hardening of the Trump administration’s position.

Defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, pushing Iranian influence out of Syria, and the removal of Assad are priorities for the US administration, Nikki Haley said in an interview to CNN, which will air in full on Sunday. Tiếp tục đọc “Nikki Haley: No solution to war with Assad in power” →

US strike group heads towards Korean Peninsula

Al Jazeera

Third Fleet says USS Carl Vinson making its way to the Western Pacific Ocean following North Korean ‘provocations’.

The Carl Vinson strike group includes an aircraft carrier [Erik De Castro/Reuters]
The Carl Vinson strike group includes an aircraft carrier [Erik De Castro/Reuters]

The Pentagon says a group of US warships is headed to the western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean Peninsula.

The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore towards the Korean Peninsula.

The development comes in response to North Korea’s “reckless, irresponsible” conduct, a US navy official said, referring to recent missile tests.

“US Pacific Command ordered the Carl Vinson Strike Group north as a prudent measure to maintain readiness and presence in the Western Pacific,” Commander Dave Benham, spokesperson at US Pacific Command, told AFP news agency. Tiếp tục đọc “US strike group heads towards Korean Peninsula” →