On his first ever visit to Vietnam US President Joe Biden said he's not trying to start a Cold War with China, but relations with Beijing have never been cooler.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 On his first ever visit to Vietnam, President Biden said he`s not trying to start a cold
00:05 war with China.
00:07 Vietnam is involved in a territorial dispute with Beijing over islands in the South China
00:11 Sea, which both countries claim are theirs.
00:14 China`s rise has encouraged communist Vietnam to move closer to its former rival, the United
00:19 States, for support.
00:21 And Hanoi is even elevating the United States to its highest diplomatic status.
00:26 Despite the Cold Era War, both countries fought that ended in 1975.
00:33 (whooshing)