Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said his country’s top leader recently chatted with Donald Trump and is ready to deal with the new US president and his administration. “Our Party General Secretary To Lam has spoken with President Trump on telephone,

Vietnam’s leaders congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration, emphasizing their belief in the continued development of bilateral relations.

The Vietnamese dong is likely to test new lows as the country’s growing trade surplus with the US puts it at risk of targeted tariffs from the incoming Donald Trump administration.

Vietnam is ramping up its imports from the US, spending billions on critical goods like Boeing aircraft and high-tech machinery, as it aims to balance trade and strengthen strategic ties.

Military service has not done much if anything for Democrats—Clinton won the nomination against two primary opponents, Bob Kerrey and Doug Wilder, with heroic war records. And then he won the presidency against George H.W. Bush, who enlisted at 18 and survived two close calls in World War II.

The Trump family business has agreed to a voluntary ethics agreement that would ban it from striking direct deals with foreign governments after inauguration, but would give it a free hand to pursue ventures with private foreign companies.

Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, and the world is speculating about his plans for day one and beyond. For Asia -- especially Vietnam -- the key concern centers on foreign ...

Overall, Trump’s second-term foreign policy, defense, and economic appointments suggest that security issues will dominate in Asia, despite his grumbling about trade imbalances. In addition, they suggest that his second administration will be even tougher toward China than his first, or than the Biden administration.

Trump's biggest first-term trade impact was to shatter decades of political consensus favoring ever-lower trade barriers.

Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce says Donald Trump's orders around DEI had a chilling effect on free speech at a Central Ohio VA event.