Tony Foster, a lawyer in Hanoi In the 25 years that I have lived in Hanoi, Vietnam has accomplished a feat worthy of Houdini by extricating itself from a web of sanctions and limitations. It deserves an Oscar for becoming everyone’s best friend in the process. Most people arriving in an unmarked, plain white Vietnam Airlines plane in 1994, clearing immigration and driving into Hanoi in a leaking Volga (on the old road via Gia Lam and the Chuong Duong bridge) were hard pressed to picture the potential; most were on postings of a few years, time-servers who often did not even try. I had the good fortune to work for a law firm that was established in 1743 and whose attitudes to anywhere east of Suez in those days retained a residual colonial bent. So I was posted to Vietnam for life, which coincidentally was the term for which many criminals sent to penal colonies like Australia. In such circumstances, one did not focus just on the short-term horizon. We had to believe in … [Read more...] about 1994-2019: Vietnam’s development pointers for North Korea – VnExpress International
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US envoy for North Korea heads to Vietnam for pre-summit talks – VnExpress International
State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told a news briefing he had no details of the meetings Stephen Biegun would have in Hanoi. Biegun spent three days in North Korea from Feb. 6-8, a trip he said was aimed at agreeing on "concrete deliverables" for the Feb. 27-28 summit. The State Department said after those talks that Biegun agreed to hold further meetings with his counterpart Kim Hyok Chol ahead of the summit. Biegun said after that trip his talks in North Korea had been "productive" but there was "hard work to do" before the summit. The United States has been demanding that North Korea give up a nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States, and Trump has been eager for a second summit even though a first meeting in Singapore in June produced only vague commitments from Kim and little concrete progress since. North Korea has been seeking a lifting of punishing U.S.-led sanctions, a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and security guarantees. Asked whether the … [Read more...] about US envoy for North Korea heads to Vietnam for pre-summit talks – VnExpress International
US envoy for North Korea heads to Vietnam for pre-summit talks
State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told a news briefing he had no details of the meetings Stephen Biegun would have in Hanoi. Biegun spent three days in North Korea from Feb. 6-8, a trip he said was aimed at agreeing on "concrete deliverables" for the Feb. 27-28 summit. The State Department said after those talks that Biegun agreed to hold further meetings with his counterpart Kim Hyok Chol ahead of the summit. Biegun said after that trip his talks in North Korea had been "productive" but there was "hard work to do" before the summit. The United States has been demanding that North Korea give up a nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States, and Trump has been eager for a second summit even though a first meeting in Singapore in June meeting produced only vague commitments from Kim and little concrete progress since. North Korea has been seeking a lifting of punishing U.S.-led sanctions, a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and security guarantees. Asked whether … [Read more...] about US envoy for North Korea heads to Vietnam for pre-summit talks
Trump says North Korea talks productive, summit will be in Hanoi
Trump says North Korea talks productive, summit will be in HanoiThe Saigon Times Daily U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S. diplomats had a “very productive meeting” with North Korean officials, and he announced his summit later this month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be held in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. “My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong Un. It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28,” Trump said on Twitter. “I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim & advancing the cause of peace!” he said. Earlier this week, Trump announced the dates for the second summit with Kim and said it would be held in Vietnam, but … [Read more...] about Trump says North Korea talks productive, summit will be in Hanoi
US “in no hurry” over North Korea nuclear negotiations: Trump
President Donald Trump played down hopes on Friday (Dec 14) for any imminent deal to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal. US President Donald Trump (R) says there is no rush to make a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament. (Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb) "Many people have asked how we are doing in our negotiations with North Korea - I always reply by saying we are in no hurry," he tweeted. But Trump also expressed optimism, saying North Korea's economy has "wonderful potential" and that its leader Kim Jong Un "sees it better than anyone and will fully take advantage of it for his people." A historic summit between Trump and Kim in June opened up dialogue on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula between the two countries after months of military threats. A second summit is expected to be held next year, but Trump faces criticism given that North Korea has taken few concrete steps to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile … [Read more...] about US “in no hurry” over North Korea nuclear negotiations: Trump