Changing Vietnam Yearns for Closer U.S. Embrace: Albert R. Hunt
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Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Pham Binh Minh, whose father foughtto force the U.S. out of Vietnam, is working fervently toelevate the interest and involvement of his country’s formerenemy.
Vietnam wants a U.S. presence for economic reasons and as abalance to China, the regional superpower. Minh is the newforeign minister; his father was part of Ho Chi Minh’s Communistregime during the bitter conflict of the 1960s and 1970s; later,he was foreign minister when Vietnam clashed with China.