Hours later, Washington announced that its top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink, would visit Vietnam on Friday and Saturday to stress Washington's commitment to working with Hanoi to ...

Vietnam had already adopted the same designation ... Asked during Thursday's press conference whether there was a connection between Kritenbrink's visit and Putin's, given the timing, he said ...

“We have a very robust security relationship,” Daniel Kritenbrink ... maintain top tier ties with Vietnam. Trong was among the first foreign leaders to visit Beijing last October, after ...

The senior diplomat raised concerns over Russian aggression in Ukraine, as well as Beijing's actions in the South China Sea A ...

Hours later, Washington announced that its top diplomat for East Asia, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink, would visit Vietnam on June 21 and 22 to stress Washington’s commitment to ...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink insisted that his trip was unrelated to Putin's visit on Thursday. Vietnam had elevated the United States to ...