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	Asia Daily Briefing - Unlikely alliance May 14, 2019

	ASIA INSIGHT:  South Korea banks on  Vietnam alliance after  China chill HO CHI MINH CITY/HANOI -- Booming economic ties between  South Korea and Vietnam are  forging one of the region's  strongest bonds. But as the  two countries grow closer, there is also the risk of greater friction.
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