VIETNAM: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kicks off his Vietnam trip with a visit to a cathedral in Ho Chi Minh city

Record ID: 862435

  • Title: VIETNAM: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kicks off his Vietnam trip with a visit to a cathedral in Ho Chi Minh city
  • Date: 14th December 2013
  • Summary: HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (DECEMBER 14, 2013) (REUTERS) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL ST.MARY STATUE VARIOUS OF SECURITY CHECKING BISHOPS WAITING OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL VARIOUS OF U.S SECRETARY JOHN KERRY WALKING ACROSS THE STREET MORE OF KERRY WALKING KERRY SHAKING HANDS AND TALKING WITH BISHOPS KERRY SPEAKING MORE OF ST.MARY STATUE VARIOUS OF KERRY WALKING WITH DELEGATES TO GET INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL CROSS MASS IN PROGRESS ALTAR MOTORCADE WAITING OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL BILLBOARD WITH COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA
  • Embargoed: 29th December 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Vietnam
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  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9YIKNK06QS1LMB196SN9XB04L
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  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Vietnam's southern, Ho Chi Minh city on Saturday (December 14, 2013) on a visit to push forward ties with the communist country.
    Kerry's visits to Vietnam and later the Philippines aim to emphasize U.S. presence in South East Asia.
    It comes as Washington steps up efforts to court its former war rival to establish a trade pact and security ties with a country on the doorstep of regional superpower China.
    After visiting the southern commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City , Kerry will take a trip down the Mekong Delta river where he used to serve as a commander of a patrol boat during the Vietnam war.
    On Monday (December 16) Kerry will meet Vietnam's leaders before departing for the Philippines on the same day.
    Both Vietnam and the Philippines has longstanding sovereignty disputes with China over territories in the South China Sea.
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