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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, accompanied by Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, left, and Ambassador of the United States to Vietnam Marc Knapper, second from right, participates in a groundbreaking for a new U.S. embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 15, 2023.POOL/The Associated Press Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday expressed a desire to deepen their ties as Washington seeks to solidify alliances to counter an increasingly assertive China. In his first visit to the Southeast Asian country as the top U.S. diplomat, Blinken met with top officials including Vietnamese...
