Back in the delta, US envoy Kerry meets former foe

Analysts see little significance in the visit this time. Meanwhile, Trump and his team continue to take a tough line on China.

A quick reduction of HFCs could help slow climate change, avoiding 0.5 degrees Celsius of a projected rise in average temperatures by 2100.

Wang Yi told Kerry that China and ASEAN had agreed the dispute should be resolved by direct talks with the parties concerned.

Cambodia is China's closest ASEAN ally.

China's foreign minister said that regardless of the tribunal's ruling, China would "firmly safeguard its own territorial sovereignty.

China told the United States on Tuesday that it should play a constructive role in safeguarding peace in the disputed South China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea), as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for talks and a peaceful resolution.

The United States should not decide its policy on the South China Sea (Vietnam's East Sea) based on what its allies think, and should stick to its promises not to take sides in the dispute, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday ahead of Sino-U.S. security talks.

Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV), the first American-style private university in Ho Chi Minh City, will be operational from September this year with a Master in Public Policy.

The U.S. lifting of its lethal arms embargo on Vietnam and President Obama's previous remarks in Hanoi should not be understood that it targets China, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said in a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday the relationship between Vietnam and the United States have reached a new level.

Vietnamese and American war veterans who "had the courage not only to fight, but, more importantly, had the courage to make peace" have greatly helped to build relations between the two countries, said U.S. President Barack Obama at a lavish state luncheon in Hanoi yesterday.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was spotted at Hoan Kiem Lake answering an interview this evening. 

John Kerry spotted around Hoan Kiem Lake this afternoon and chatted with passer-by.