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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives to attend a cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO in London. Raab is heading to Southeast Asia Monday, June 21, 2021, on start a three-nation trip as London looks to promote closer ties and trade with the region following its exit from the European Union. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP, File)
British FM heads to Southeast Asia looking for closer ties

By David Rising Jun. 21, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

Residents wait in line for the coronavirus test in a district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. (AP Photo)
The Latest: Germany hunts down possible fraud in virus tests

By The Associated Press May. 30, 2021 07:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2021 file photo, a woman wearing face mask looks at her phone in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam says it has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K. The Vietnamese health minister made the announcement Saturday, May 29. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)
Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

By Hau Dinh May. 29, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

People with COVID-19 symptoms wait to be assisted outside a hospital that is at full capacity in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, May 28, 2021. The city imposed strict shutdown measures this week to stop the spread of the virus, halting public transportation for the first time and closing supermarkets. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, a health worker disinfects arriving Vietnamese COVID-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. After over a month with no local infections, Vietnam has recorded 176 confirmed coronavirus cases from several outbreaks that have spread to 19 provinces during the past 10 days, the Health Ministry said Friday, May 7, 2021. (Bui Cuong Quyet/VNA via AP, File)
After lull, cases spread in Vietnam's cities, provinces

May. 07, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

Vietnamese newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc takes an oath in front of the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, April 5, 2021. Vietnam's legislature voted Monday to make Pham Minh Chinh, a member of the Communist party's central committee for personnel and organization, the country's next prime minister. Outgoing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed the new president. (Nguyen Trong Duc/VNA via AP)
Vietnam National Assembly selects prime minister, president

By Hau Dinh Apr. 05, 2021 06:11 AM EDT

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks during an urgent meeting on COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday Jan. 28, 2021. Vietnam has reported more than 80 new cases of local transmission after nearly two months. (Hoang Thong Nhat/VNA via AP)
Fresh outbreak in Vietnam grows to 82, company closed

By Hau Dinh Jan. 28, 2021 01:41 AM EST

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk to the podium for a news conference outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Latest: Vietnam has 1st local transmission in 89 days

By The Associated Press Nov. 30, 2020 01:35 AM EST

Vietnamese Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich arrives at the venue for the online ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
ASEAN summit begins online meetings with regional leaders

By Hau Dinh Nov. 12, 2020 01:26 AM EST

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh gesture with their elbows before a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Pompeo is wrapping up an anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. (Bui Lam Khanh/VNA via AP)
Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam

By Matthew Lee Oct. 29, 2020 08:27 PM EDT

In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, second left, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second right, Suga's wife Mariko, left, and Widodo's wife Iriana wave during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bogor West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020. (Laily Rachev/Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
Japan's PM, in Indonesia, says SE Asia key for his nation

By Niniek Karmini And Mari Yamaguchi Oct. 20, 2020 03:11 AM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center right, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center left, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights

By Hau Dinh And Mari Yamaguchi Oct. 19, 2020 04:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Yoshihide Suga is applauded after being elected as Japan's new prime minister at parliament's lower house in Tokyo. Japan's new Prime Minister Suga heads to Vietnam and Indonesia on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
Japan's pragmatic new PM pushes Abe's vision on SE Asia trip

By Mari Yamaguchi Oct. 17, 2020 08:45 PM EDT

In this image taken from video provided by VTV, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during an online meeting with ASEAN foreign ministers on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Southeast Asia’s top diplomats held their annual talks by video Wednesday to discuss the immense crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing. (VTV via AP)
US to ASEAN: Reconsider deals with blacklisted China firms

By Hau Dinh And Yves Dam Van Sep. 10, 2020 12:53 AM EDT

This image taken from video provided by VTV shows ASEAN foreign ministers watching Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, center, delivering a speech in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the opening of ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Southeast Asia's top diplomats are holding their annual talks by video Wednesday to discuss the immense crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing. (VTV via AP)
ASEAN talks tackle pandemic, sea feud amid US-China rivalry

By Hau Dinh And Yves Dam Van Sep. 09, 2020 06:45 AM EDT

This image taken from video provided by VTV shows ASEAN foreign ministers watching Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center, delivering a speech during the opening of ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Southeast Asia's top diplomats are holding their annual talks by video Wednesday to discuss the immense crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid the escalating rivalry between Washington and Beijing. (VTV via AP)
ASEAN talks tackle pandemic, sea feud amid US-China rivalry

By Hau Dinh And Yves Van Dam Sep. 08, 2020 09:57 PM EDT

People wearing face masks ride motorcycles in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Vietnam has tightened travel and social restrictions after the country's death toll of COVID-19 to six. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam confirms 21 more cases in new virus outbreak

Aug. 03, 2020 09:10 AM EDT

People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, July 31, 2020. Vietnamese state media on Friday reported the country's first-ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam reports 2nd death, more cases linked to hospital

By Hau Dinh Jul. 31, 2020 05:04 AM EDT

A construction worker wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks out of an elevator in Beijing, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. China reported more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the country continues to battle an outbreak in Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Asia Today: 723 cases in Australia, closures in Vietnam

Jul. 29, 2020 11:55 PM EDT

An employee serves customers from behind a plastic sheet installed as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a street food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Asia Today: Australian outbreak attributed to sick workers

Jul. 26, 2020 09:50 PM EDT