Pham Minh Chinh

The two nations have pledged to expand bilateral trade and investment as a hedge against their common reliance on the American market.

Pham Minh Chinh says that the Trump administration's tariff announcement has created a "challenging and complicated situation" for the country.

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said that the two nations will work "to maintain a free and open international order based on the rule of law.”

New Zealand has become the 10th nation, and the seventh in the past three years, to be promoted to the top tier of Vietnam's diplomatic hierarchy.

The two nations have strengthened their economic and defense ties considerably since the establishment of their comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016.

The powerful former public security minister has been boosted into the ranks of the country's top leaders. Will the promotion come back to haunt him?

The recent prolonged absence of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong raised the question of how the Communist Party might deal with a leader's incapacitation or death.

The current stagnation could shock the ruling Communist Party into putting economic policy back into sensible hands.

With the two nations expected to upgrade their relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" this year, Canberra has an obvious choice of "special envoy."

Despite auspicious diplomatic recent developments, an upgrade of the bilateral relationship remains unlikely, at least for now.

Olaf Scholz flagged Vietnam as an important future partner in his government's plan to reduce Germany's economic reliance on China.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's visits to Vietnam and Indonesia demonstrated Tokyo's enduring diplomatic strengths in Southeast Asia.