John Kerry flying to Vietnam today,for an event at the new American Fullbright University there

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6. Kerry has arrived in Hanoi - here is a nice Washington Post article

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ecretary of State John F. Kerry returned to Vietnam on Thursday for his fourth and final visit as the top U.S. diplomat, his presence embodying the transformation of the two countries from enemies to partners.
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In Vietnam at the close of his career in public office, Kerry will meet with government and ruling Communist Party officials and review the arc of the bilateral relationship in a policy speech. The capstone will be a riverboat trip in the Mekong Delta, where he captained a Swift Boat patrol vessel during the Vietnam War. Aides said he will go to the spot in the river in Ca Mau province where he earned a Silver Star.

The United States has been providing aid to help maintain the health of the river so it can continue as an economic engine of the region. It is being undermined by hydroelectric dams upriver and the impact of climate change — an issue to which Kerry is expected to devote much of his post-government life.
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In a sign of the remarkable degree to which relations have changed between Vietnam and the United States, the secretary of the Communist Party of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, will host a dinner for Kerry on Friday night. By next year, the United States plans to send Peace Corps volunteers to Vietnam for the first time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/kerry-arrives-in-vietnam-on-his-last-trip-as-secretary-of-state/2017/01/12/e156554d-4c23-4a85-bf74-1cee4a8e0f7b_story.html?utm_term=.2bf2d1f64094