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Damien Cave

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Vietnam Bureau Chief and Global Affairs Correspondent at The New York Times

NY Times Vietnam Bureau Chief and Global Affairs Correspondent.

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  • 6 days ago | nytimes.com | Damien Cave |David Pierson

    In a world rattled by President Trump's tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of continuity on security partnerships. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Asia's security leaders on Saturday that as Europe takes on more of its own defense, the United States would work more closely with Indo-Pacific allies. Together, he said, they would jointly build more weapons, expand training, and deter China from trying to seize disputed territory, including Taiwan.

  • 1 week ago | afr.com | Damien Cave

    Damien CaveMay 26, 2025 – 3.44pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Hung Yen Province, Vietnam – When officials in the home province of Vietnam’s top leader went door to door recently, pressing residents to sign letters agreeing to the Trump Organisation’s plans for a new golf community, Le Van Truong wanted to refuse.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Damien Cave

    “Trump says it’s separate -- the presidency and his business,” Truong said. “But he has the power to do whatever he wants.”This $1.5 billion golf complex outside the capital, Hanoi, as well as plans for a Trump skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City are the Trump family’s first projects in Vietnam -- part of a global moneymaking enterprise that no family of a sitting U.S. president has ever attempted on this scale.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Damien Cave |Linh Pham |Linh Phạm

    As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business - and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners - governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Among those who attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a Trump golf project in Vietnam were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, second from left, the businessman Dang Thanh Tam, third from left, and Eric Trump and Lara Trump, center.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Damien Cave

    1 day ago Judge Orders Trump Officials to Seek Return of Guatemalan Man to U.S. Judge Brian Murphy criticized the government for errors in the case and said the man, who feared persecution if he was deported, was likely to show “his removal lacked any semblance of due process.” A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday night to facilitate the return of a … 1 day ago Federal judge halts Trump’s ban on Harvard’s international students A Boston judge temporarily blocked the...

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Damien Cave
Damien Cave @damiencave
13 May 25

“The challenge now is trying to understand what values the United States stands for: What are the values that American diplomats go forth and defend and uphold?” https://t.co/GVun0vxxBR via @NYTOpinion

Damien Cave
Damien Cave @damiencave
10 May 25

RT @suhasinih: Govt sources counter US President Trump and US Sec State statement, say that the "stoppage of firing and military action bet…

Damien Cave
Damien Cave @damiencave
9 May 25

This was interesting, revealing some of the gaps that come with Vietnamese nationalism - CC @davidmarchese https://t.co/76oAq0jv8F