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Barack Obama praises "strengthening ties" between the United States and Vietnam at the start of a landmark visit, as the former wartime foes deepen trade links and share concerns over Chinese actions in disputed seas. IMAGES of meeting with President Tran Dai Quang
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam during a tour of Asia to attend the funeral of late communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announces during his press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Thirty years after the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, sirens sound at 9:53 local time (12:53 GMT) - time when the attack took place - in memory of the 85 victims. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Vietnamese counterpart in the capital Hanoi as he begins a state visit to the country. Putin's trip to Vietnam comes just a day after he signed a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he will pay a working visit after a stop in North Korea, where he signed a mutual defence pact with leader Kim Jong Un. Putin's trip to Vietnam is set to deepend ties between Moscow and Hanoi, according to Russian news agencies. IMAGES
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan could face the death penalty as she and dozens of other co-accused await verdicts in one of the country's biggest fraud cases over the embezzlement of $12.5 billion. IMAGES