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Nguyen Tan Dung
Indian Air Force Chief Visits Vietnam
By Ankit Panda
India and Vietnam continue to expand their strategic security cooperation.
Vietnamese Rapper Nah’s Not-So-Veiled Regime Critique
By Helen Clark
A rapper takes a verbal sledgehammer to life and the authorities in his native Vietnam.
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Vietnam After 2016: Who Will Lead?
By Chánh Công Phan
Who is most likely to emerge from the next party congress as general secretary?
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Vietnam: 40 Years Later
By Sebastian Strangio
Forty years after the war, it is the ideals of the former South Vietnam that appear ascendant.
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Australia’s Quiet Vietnam Diplomacy
By Helen Clark
With little fanfare on summits or human rights, the two countries are strengthening their ties.
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Australia and Vietnam Enhance Their Comprehensive Partnership
By Carl Thayer
Both sides also agreed to raise bilateral relations to a strategic partnership in the future.
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Selling “Brand India” in Vietnam
By Sadhavi Chauhan
In recent engagement with Vietnam, India has demonstrated its soft power capabilities.
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India’s Strategic Vietnam Defense Relations
By P K Ghosh
India is seeking to counter Chinese ambitions by training and supplying Vietnam’s military.
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India and Vietnam Seek Stronger Ties
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
India considers a Vietnamese offer to explore offshore drilling options despite Chinese protests.
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A US-Vietnam Alliance? Not So Fast.
By Teddy Pham
Expectations that Hanoi will enter Washington’s embrace appear unrealistic as the pro-Chinese camp prevails in Vietnam.
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After HYSY-981: A US-Vietnam Alliance?
By Ankit Panda
A U.S.-Vietnam alliance might be closer to reality now more than ever.
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Strategic Trust, an Oil Rig and Vietnam’s Dilemma
By Nguyen Huu Tuc
Vietnam is forced to decide between territorial integrity and its relationship with China.