VP Harris in Hanoi as Afghan debacle rumbles

Vice President Kamala Harris began a visit to Vietnam on August 25 to stress the United States’ commitment to Asia, a trip critics have slammed as tone-deaf given the parallels with the superpower&#39

Vice President Kamala Harris began a visit to Vietnam on August 25 to stress the United States’ commitment to Asia, a trip critics have slammed as tone-deaf given the parallels with the superpower's evacuations from and . Ms. Harris will meet the communist state's President and Prime Minister in Hanoi, a day after accusing regional giant China of intimidation in the disputed South China Sea. Her arrival was delayed due to what U.S. officials called an "anomalous health incident" in Hanoi, an apparent reference to the so-called "" which has afflicted U.S. diplomats in several countries including China and Russia. It is not clear what causes the syndrome and it has led to unproven allegations that Russians or others used sonic or other high-intensity electronic devices to physically harm U.S. diplomats.