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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam this week in the latest bid to build relations with a growing American partner as tensions flare with China over Taiwan. Blinken will travel to Hanoi on his way to a G7 foreign ministers meeting this weekend in the Japanese mountain resort of Karuizawa. Blinken will “discuss our shared vision of a connected, prosperous, peaceful and resilient Indo-Pacific region,” a State Department statement said. Blinken will also participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new US embassy in Hanoi. The US has a growing relationship with Vietnam, including on defence, with...
