Vietnam says Trump hails ties despite vow to end trade pact

By THE MANILA TIMES

Dec 15, 2016 5:29 pm

HANOI: US President-elect Donald Trump has reassured Vietnam over future ties, according to the communist nation, which is set to lose out if he honors a vow to ditch a major trade deal.

In a phone call on Wednesday with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Trump 'affirmed the wish to cooperate with Vietnam to strengthen bilateral ties'.

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