Myanmar crisis raises questions about elections in Vietnam

Myanmar is in turmoil caused by the national election in November 2020, when the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi won. The military-backed party later, thinking the election was fraudulent, launched a coup to arrest the government leader earlier…
Where is Vietnam in new US-China chess board?

On March 3, 2021, the White House released the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. In this guidance, Vietnam has been mentioned once as a partner with which Washington will deepen the bilateral strategic relationship in the US global strategy. This…
ASEAN meeting on Myanmar: Vietnam remains silent

Like “crab meets a frog,” Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is almost “defeated” amid the violent upheaval caused by the military coup in Myanmar. The useless speech of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister read from Hanoi on…
Vietnam is included in President Biden’s national security strategy

An Interim National Security Strategic Guidance released by the White House on March 3, President Joe Biden referred to Vietnam as a partner Washington was aiming to “deepen” in regional security cooperation. With Vietnam emerging as this new factor, observers…