内容摘要：Morton reported from London. Associated Press writer Dmytro Zhyhinas contributed to this report.

Morton reported from London. Associated Press writer Dmytro Zhyhinas contributed to this report.

They included teenagers who arrived in the U.S. alone, said Tram Le, who studied the experience of the first generation of Vietnamese Americans after the war.“They lost their childhood,” she said. “Their whole lives, they’re just sacrificing.”

U.S. and POW/MIA flags fly at half-staff outside a post office in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)U.S. and POW/MIA flags fly at half-staff outside a post office in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Those born and raised in the U.S. often were shielded by their parents from learning about the horrors of the war and the divisions in their homeland that erupted into civil conflict between North and South Vietnam.

The younger generations no longer carry the fervor of anti-communist sentiment that was once a big part of life in Little Saigon, where a portrait of the late North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in 1999 prompted a 53-day protest.“The political theme that was once significant to our parents did not carry on to us,” Linda Nguyen said. “To us, Vietnam is Vietnam.”

The focus for the younger generations is on today and what lies ahead.

Fresh flowers are left at the Vietnam War Memorial honoring South Vietnamese military officers in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)But he said many of his comrades “believe that by the end of the year there will be peace, albeit an unstable one, but peace.”

Before the talks, Ukrainian officials met with national security advisers from the U.S., France, Germany and the U.K. to coordinate positions, the senior Ukrainian official told AP. The U.S. team was led by retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, while Umerov and presidential office chief Andriy Yermak represented Ukraine, the official said.A three-way meeting between Turkey, the U.S. and Ukraine also took place, Turkish Foreign Ministry officials said. The U.S. side included Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as Kellogg.

On Thursday, Rubio said he believed a breakthrough was only possible is a meeting between Trump and Putin.Cook reported from Brussels. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Llazar Semini in Tirana, Albania, contributed.