A photograph released in February 2000, by the Vietnam News Agency, shows the rescue of US pilot John McCain, centre, from Hanoi’s Truc Bach lake in 1967. (Photo: VNA)John McCain is administered to at a hospital in Hanoi in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war in the autumn of 1967. (Photo: AP)Senator John McCain (centre) visited Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on October 19, 1992. (Photo: AFP/VNA)Senator John McCain at a press conference in Hanoi on January 19, 2012 as part of his visit to Vietnam (Photo: AFP/VNA)Senator John McCain ( R) at a meeting with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong during Trong's US visit in July, 2015 (Photo: AFP/VNA)President Tran Dai Quang (right) welcomed Senator John McCain who led a US Senate delegation on a working trip to Vietnam in June, 2017. (Photo: VNA)Senator John McCain (centre) visited Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa province on June 2, 2017 (Photo: AFP/VNA)Vietnamese Ambassador to US Pham Quang Vinh and Senator John McCain (Photo: VNA) Senator John McCain in a press conference at the US Embassy in Sarajevo in April, 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA)Senator John McCain (centre), who was also Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, spoke at a press conference in Washington, DC on October 25 (AFP/VNA)Senator John McCain and his spouse Cindy in his presidential campaign in 2018 in his home town Phoneix, Arizona (Photo: AFP/VNA)
A look back at John McCain’s activities
Senator John McCain, who helped lay the foundation for a cooperative Vietnam-US relationship, passed away on August 25 (US time) at the age of 81.
