Year: 2016

Obama, Perhaps Slyly, Calls Attention to Vietnam’s Brain Drain – The New York Times

May 25, 2016 / Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

“HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — President Obama told a gathering of young Vietnamese on Wednesday that the country need not worry about losing its most talented people, but then he proceeded to describe conditions for emigration that fit Vietnam perfectly.“ The places that lose talent, it’s where there’s a lot of corruption,” Mr. Obama …

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As Obama Presses Vietnam on Rights, Activists Are Barred From Meeting – The New York Times

May 24, 2016 / Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

HANOI, Vietnam — President Obama won enthusiastic applause here on Tuesday with a supportive reference to Vietnam’s disputes with China, saying in a speech that “big nations should not bully smaller ones.” But several activists who had been scheduled to meet with him before the speech were prevented from doing so, underscoring the gulf with …

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Vietnam Arms Embargo to Be Fully Lifted, Obama Says in Hanoi – The New York Times

May 24, 2016 / Vietnamese Foreign Policy

HANOI, Vietnam — The United States is rescinding a decades-old ban on sales of lethal military equipment to Vietnam, President Obama announced at a news conference in Hanoi on Monday, ending one of the last legal vestiges of the Vietnam War. The United States has long made lifting the embargo contingent on Vietnam’s improving its …

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Access to Bay Adds Enticement as U.S. Weighs Lifting Vietnam Embargo, By Jane Perlez – The New York Times

July 29, 2017 / David Lindsay, Vietnamese Foreign Policy

“CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam — The ghosts of the Vietnam War have finally faded at the strategic port of Cam Ranh Bay. More than 40 years ago, United States forces left this massive base where Marines landed, B-52s loaded up for bombing raids, and wounded American soldiers were treated.Now, some Vietnamese say they are yearning …

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Vietnam’s Battle With Tuberculosis – The New York Times

March 29, 2016 / Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

HANOI, VIETNAM — Dr. Bui Xuan Hiep, the head of tuberculosis control in this city’s Hoang Mai district, paged proudly through a large handwritten patient log.“This district’s cure rate averages 90 percent,” he said. Still, Dr. Bui could see problems.Seven patients had turned up with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; four had been cured, two had died — …

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