Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could soon make a state visit to Vietnam, after receiving an invitation from Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) chief Nguyen Phu Throng during a telephone call yesterday. During the call, Vietnamese state media reported, “General Secretary Trọng took the occasion to extend an invitation to President Putin to visit Viet Nam … Read more
By now, it has been widely accepted that Vietnam has mastered the art of not choosing its foreign relations. Geopolitically speaking, Vietnam has refused to side with either China or the United States in their growing great-power competition. It is also the only country that hosted visits from both Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President … Read more
U.S. military leaders are eyeing more cooperation with Vietnam in 2024, aiming to deepen a relationship that has expanded rapidly amid heightened tensions with China. But while both sides have expressed interest in strengthening ties, Hanoi’s desire to balance between its foreign partners and its wariness of its larger neighbor will likely limit how far … Read more
2023 was a busy year for Vietnam’s foreign relations. Last month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the country, where he and his hosts announced that Vietnam was joining Beijing’s “community of common destiny.” This came less than three months after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Hanoi, announcing a similarly significant upgrade in the diplomatic ties … Read more
After much speculation and delay, Chinese President Xi Jinping finally visited Vietnam this week, to mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) in 2008. Vietnam’s state media called the visit a “historic milestone” that would elevate China-Vietname inter-party and inter-state relations to a higher level. Likewise, Xi penned … Read more
Japan and Vietnam have officially established a comprehensive strategic partnership, pledging a broad expansion of security and economic ties on the 50th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic relations The announcement came after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong met in Tokyo yesterday for talks, during which the pair pledged … Read more
The Russia-Ukraine War is heading towards a stalemate, with the recent Ukrainian counteroffensive failing to achieve a breakthrough. For Ukraine and the West, war fatigue is setting in, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to keep his territorial gains. Putin has adopted a strategy of bleeding Ukraine white via the continued stationing of Russian … Read more
Advertisement On October 24, Vietnam’s Academy of Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Hanoi, organized a conference titled “Fifty years of Vietnam-Australia Relations: Retrospect and Prospects.” In opening the event, Australian Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski noted that the conference was taking place at the same time as six separate delegations from Vietnamese government … Read more
Advertisement Vietnam and China are reportedly preparing for a possible visit by China’s President Xi Jinping to Vietnam at the end of this month or early next. The visit, if it happens, will come around two months after U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Hanoi, during which he announced the elevation of U.S.-Vietnam ties to … Read more
Advertisement In a world marked by growing geopolitical uncertainties, Southeast Asian nations are at risk of being entrapped in an increasingly intense and complex power struggle between the United States and China. This is particularly true for countries like Vietnam and the Philippines, which lie along the fault line of the Sino-U.S. rivalry. As Southeast … Read more