Posted on 06/13/2005 5:25:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Wed Jun 8, 1:49 AM ET
HANOI (Reuters) - Communist Vietnam said a visit by a senior U.S. defense official will firm up ties between the former Vietnam War enemies and boost understanding between their armies, state-run media reported on Wednesday.
U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Peter Rodman held talks with Vietnam's Defense Minister Pham Van Tra and his deputy Nguyen Huy Hieu on Tuesday at the start of the two-day visit, the defense ministry-run Quan Doi Nhan Dan daily said.
A front-page article in the newspaper quoted Tra as telling Rodman that he believed the visit "would contribute to enhancing friendship and mutual understanding between the two armies."
The United States is seeking to build closer military ties with Vietnam, but will let them evolve in the long term instead of pushing hard, officials said before Rodman arrived.
State media said Rodman visited a military facility in Hanoi which specializes in bomb and land mine disposal techniques.
He was also due to meet officials from the Police Ministry, the National Defense Academy where Vietnamese military officers are trained, and the Foreign Relations Institute.
Rodman's visit to Hanoi comes ahead a planned June 21 meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and President Bush in Washington. Khai will be the most high-ranking Vietnamese to visit the United States since the Vietnam War.
Vietnam and the United States mark the 10th anniversary of their normalisation of relations in July.
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LOVE is coming to Vietnam.
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer
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that's ironic, after the media leftists turned this country against the vietnam war. remember, the chicoms did invade vietnam not that long ago.
and, now i'm supposed to be concerned about north vietnam's security?
They aren't thrilled with him, but of late, they've begun to echo his sentiment, blaming the US for the problems on the Korean penninsula. I think they are hunkering down for a Cold War style struggle with the US, and that means even an idiot like Jung-Il will be useful to them.
I read a book by Nelson DeMille; "Up Country" was the title. The mission on top of the mission was to secure a long term lease to Cam Rahn Bay. I still think that's a possibility.
"I really want to know what you think about this."
*Congress to allow normal trade relations with Viet Nam WITHOUT full account of POW/MIA's
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b9bfd3117c9.htm
Posted on 09/09/2001 4:37:21 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
*Congress to allow normal trade relations with Viet Nam WITHOUT full account of POW/MIA's Thread 2
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b9d9fbe2cbf.htm
OH MAN really
Question look like to me we going reform relatioins with Vietnam
MAN Rummy is poker player Tiger
How to explain a US military alliance in the early 21st century with Hanoi itself, the dreaded DRV, to all those poor names on The Wall sent to stop "Cong San Chu Nghia". It's almost like WE should demand Hanoi pay US reparations to our dead's families, for our fighting their communism which they have moved to abandon day by day since 1975, as they themselves have seen 'what works'. Oh, Irony of Ironies.
If I'd have my druthers, they would scrap one party Viet-Communism once and for all, as a precondition, and give total access to finding any MIAs and POWs.
We have no permanent Friends. We have no permanant Enemies.
We only have Permanant American Interests. Other than that, anything at all to screw up Red China in the region I welcome, long-term.
Not more of this "my enemy's enemy is my friend" business. I hope further democratisation of Vietnam is a condition of any future alliance.
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