In the author's view, the United States is now in one of its weakest domestic and international positions, the confidence of its allies in its deterrence capability and power has diminished, and the American public will also view new military interventions beyond its borders with greater skepticism.
The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, hosted a ceremony to launch two poetry collections in Vietnamese and English. The event featured "Murad’s Stone" by Murad al-Sudani, Secretary-General of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Literature, and "Under the Olive Shadows" by the prominent Vietnamese poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, President of the Vietnam Writers' Association.
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Vietnam, in cooperation with the Union of Friendship Organizations in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and the Vietnamese-Palestinian Friendship Association in Hanoi, commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
