Biden leads US tech execs in Vietnam talks

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US President Joe Biden and senior executives from top American tech firms including Google and Intel will meet Vietnamese business leaders Monday after the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in the face of shared concerns about China. Biden and Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief -- the country's paramount leader -- struck a "comprehensive strategic partnership" as Washington pushes to boost its network of allies around Asia and the Pacific to counter Beijing's growing clout. The United States sees manufacturing dynamo Vietnam as an important part of its plan to rely less on China for supplies of strategic resources, and...