NDO - As Vietnam’s largest export market, the US economy is recovering powerfully, leading to a climb in demand for goods including those imported from the Southeast Asian nation, as the two countries enjoy a heyday in bilateral trade and investment ties.
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U.S. military aid to Israel questioned in light of actions in Gaza
Sonali Kolhatkar
26 May 2021, 03:06 GMT+10
At the end of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was continuing to ravage the populations of many nations, Israel stood out as a success story.
This largest beneficiary of foreign U.S. aid also experiences lower infant mortality and maternal mortality rates than the U.S.
Today Israel is back in the news, not so much for its achievements in combating COVID-19.
At the end of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was continuing to ravage the populations of many nations, Israel stood out as a success story, administering more doses of vaccines to its modest-sized 9-million-strong population than any other country after China, the U.S., and the UK. Today, more than 60 percent of Israelis are vaccinated, which is 20 percentage points higher than the United States-a nation that happens to give more foreign aid to Israel than to any other country in the world.