Agence France-Presse: US Secretary of State John Kerry is to make his first visit to the Philippines since taking office to see first-hand the damage left by last month's typhoon, and will also tour Vietnam where he fought during the war.
Kerry's next trip from December 11 to 18 will start on Wednesday, his 70th birthday, when he flies to Israel and Ramallah.
But he will then travel to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, before heading to Manila, and the storm-hit city of Tacloban, a US official said Monday.
Since becoming...