McCain, a U.S. senator, died on August 25 at the age of 81. From August 26, many Vietnamese and foreign people living in Hanoi came to place flowers to pay respect to John McCain at a sculpture depicting the capture the then-US Navy pilot McCain whose fighter jet was shot down in 1967, near Truc Bach lake in Hanoi.
On August 27, US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink leading the US Embassy’s delegation arrived at the monument by Truc Bach lake to commemorate US Senator John McCain, who has made great contributions to the US-Vietnam relations.
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| McCain, a U.S. senator, died on August 25 at the age of 81. From August 26, many Vietnamese and foreign people living in Hanoi came to place flowers to pay respect to John McCain at a sculpture depicting the capture the then-US Navy pilot McCain whose fighter jet was shot down in 1967, near Truc Bach lake in Hanoi. |
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| On August 27, US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink leading the US Embassy’s delegation arrived at the monument by Truc Bach lake to commemorate US Senator John McCain, who has made great contributions to the US-Vietnam relations. |
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| “Patriot. Warrior. Statesman. Peacemaker. Hero. Senator John McCain was all of those things. He was one of America’s most remarkable and influential leaders,” said the US Ambassador at the monument by Truc Bach lake. |
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| Senator McCain was also one of the US leaders that led the way in normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations, thereby enabling the partnership that exists between our two countries today from former enemies , emphasized the top US diplomatic representative in Vietnam. |
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| US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink then spoke highly of McCain’s contributions to the relationship between the US and Vietnam, vowing to continue to do what McCain was doing, including promoting the relationship between the two countries. |
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| From August 26, many Vietnamese and foreign people living in Hanoi came to place flowers to pay respect to John McCain at a sculpture depicting the capture the then-US Navy pilot McCain whose fighter jet was shot down in 1967, near Truc Bach lake in Hanoi. |
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| Earlier the same day, the US Embassy also opened a condolence book for late Senator John McCain at the Vuon Hong Building, No 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. Many people have come to share the great loss with the McCain family and the American people. |
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Many people have come to share the great loss with the McCain family and the American people.
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Senator McCain himself served in the invading war of the US in Vietnam. He joined in the Rolling Thunder air campaign in 1967, bombing targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (northern Vietnam).
His plane was shot down on October 26, 1967 and McCain was taken prisoner. He was returned to the US in an exchange of prisoners in 1973. Returning from Vietnam, McCain joined politics and was one of the first persons campaigning for normalisation of US-Vietnam relations through promoting humanitarian issues such as removing unexploded ordnance left by the war, searching for missing-in-action personnel, supporting people with disabilities caused by the war, and detoxifying areas polluted by dioxin.
In 1994, the US Senate approved a resolution sponsored by McCain and Senator John Kerry, calling to end the economic sanction against Vietnam, paving the way for the normalisation of relations between the two countries one year later. Following the normalisation of bilateral ties, McCain and Kerry visited Vietnam many times to address the issue of American missing-in-action soldiers (POW/MIA).
Along with pushing for the normalisation of relations with Vietnam, Senator McCain also supported the Vietnamese community in the US, serving as a bridge between them and the US authorities as well as the Vietnamese Government. |
