HANOI: Fifty years after the last American combat troops left South Vietnam, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday looked to strengthen America's ties with its old foes in Hanoi as it seeks to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
Blinken and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pledged to boost relations to new levels as they met just two weeks after the 50th anniversary of the US troop withdrawal that marked the end of America's direct military involvement in Vietnam.
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