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Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea – referred to in Vietnam as the East Sea – to the east...
Timeline of Events
1995
7.11.1995
Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
2000
11.16.2000
Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
2009
9.26.2009
Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.