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cnn's anna coren is there. and she joins us there live. , these meetings are an exercise in the u.s. strategy to try to align themselves economically and strategically with friends in the region, rather than rely too much on china for chips or economic partnerships when they have the tensions that are brewing. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely. bianca, what we have seen take place today is multibillion dollar deals between u.s. companies and vietnamese companies. we've had the heads of boeing, intel, microsoft here, and we have heard concerns that vietnam airlines has signed a $7.8 billion deal with boeing to acquire the purchase of 50 737 aircraft. we know that microsoft, nvidia have also done deals. we'll learn the final details a little bit later. but, you know, what we're seeing are the tangible results of what comes out of a comprehensive, strategic partnership. this was an exclusive club that vietnam had with the likes of china and russia. and now america is part of it. and vietnam is a rapidly growing economy. 20 years ago, they were mak

. >> joined by cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson and anna coren is in han eye.van, ukraine is not happy with the g20 statement on the war, saying the groups member could have nothing to be proud of. tell us what is in the statement and what's not in this declaration. >> reporter: right. the biggest sticking point and the biggest point of contention in this meeting in new delhi was the war in ukraine. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. i know that because the top indian official who was kind of leading negotiations in place of the prime minister of india, he put out a tweet saying that this was the most complex part of the entire g20 bringing consensus on russia and ukraine. these geopolitical paragraphs in the joint statement that was put out was done over 200 hours of non-stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings, and 15 drafts. so that gives you a sense of how much work went into it. there was a lot of concern that maybe the gathered governments here would not be able to agree on a consensus document. in the end, they is. and what it did, what the ukrain

cnn's anna coren is live in hanoi, vietnam, with more. does this affect the u.s. china relationship and more significantly the u.s. china tensions. >> reporter: that's a very good question. i guess time will tell, obviously watching this visit very closely. president biden will be returning to the united states with multibillion dollar deals. that is what is being done here, the largest being boeing, $7.8 billion. 50 737 max aircraft will be sold. other deals being done, nvidia, microsoft, we know mcorp. and marvel have done deals. this has been highly productive. this is obviously about trade and investment. but it's also about america diversifying its supply chain away from china. this is something that's very important. particularly when it comes to semiconductors, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. something that president biden said that they will be cooperating with vietnam and investing here in vietnam. but you also mentioned countering china's influence. and its assertiveness in the region. and that say huge problem for vietnam. particularly in t