Hanoi upgrades relations with Washington to highest level
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Listen to the report and fill in the gaps (NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each gap).
It’s been (1) ______________________. Washington and Hanoi are already major
trading partners, with the U.S. importing nearly 130 billion dollars from Vietnam in
2022. But their union is (2) ____________________.
(U.S. President Joe Biden) “Partnerships like this landmark deal signed between
Boeing and Vietnam Airlines to purchase 50 Boeing 737 aircraft, which will not only
support Vietnam’s (3) ______________________, but it helps support more than
30,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States of America.”
Increased cooperation between Vietnam and the U.S. comes at a time where
American business owners are increasingly looking to (4)
___________________________ to keep from an over-reliance on China.
It’s a partnership the US and Vietnam are taking seriously. Sunday, they upgraded
their ties to (5) __________________, something that would have been impossible just
decades ago after a (6) ______________________ to fight communism. The upgrade
means Vietnam’s ties with the U.S. are now on the same level as China’s.
(Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson) “We ask that the United States respects
the common aspiration of regional countries to seek stability, promote cooperation and
development when dealing with relations with Asian countries, that it abides by the (7)
______________________________, and to abandon its hegemony and (8)
______________________.”
Biden, though, is rejecting criticism that its cozying up with Vietnam has anything
to do with China. (U.S. President Joe Biden) “It’s not about isolating China. It’s about
making sure the rules of the road, everything from airspace and (x2) space in the ocean,
[the international rules of the road] are (x5) abided by.”
It’s Vietnam that will have to do (9) ___________________. It considers both
Washington and Beijing allies and can’t afford (10) __________________.
Priyanka Navani, TRT World.
