"The United States is throwing up to Vietnam with eager eyes"

"Japan Economic Shimbun" published an article entitled "Red Allies in the United States and a New Honeymoon" on July 31. The article believes that in the South China Sea, if Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, etc. will be together, they will be together. Promote that the United States is tougher to China. Moreover, no country is more enthusiastic and consistent than Vietnam. This is why Vietnam is a valuable partner for the United States. The full text is as follows:

The United States is investing in Vietnam with eager eyes. Even in the struggle with authoritarianism, the United States has gathered many countries with liberal camps. But the wonderful things happened, that is, an important partner looks more like China in all aspects.

Andrew Yang, a senior researcher at the Brookings Society in the United States, pointed out: "The US foreign policy contains the two goals of strategic interests and liberalism, but when the two are inconsistent, the United States is more inclined to pursue more direct strategic benefits, such as Vietnam ","

The United States and Vietnam are eased tensions. Due to the influence of the Vietnamese war, the United States has always implemented weapons embargo on Vietnam, but after the first General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2015, the ban on the White House was lifted in the second year.

Profile picture: In Hanoi, Vietnam, street hawkers have gone through the store selling the Vietnamese flag. (Xinhua News Agency)

In August 2021, Harris became the first American vice president to visit Vietnam. She clearly stated in Hanoi that while providing a third patrol ship to Vietnam, she hoped that Yue would allow US aircraft carriers to rely on Hong Kong to strengthen maritime safety.

The U.S. Treasury also removed Vietnam from the "exchange rate manipulation country" list. In addition, when the national security strategy is tentatively scheduled, the United States still regards non -democratic countries Vietnam as the main partner country.

The former US Ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Oshus, said: "There is no doubt that the relationship between the two countries is closer than ever." In February this year, the United States appointed Mark Naper as the position of ambassador to Vietnam, who was vacant for nearly a year. The two parties were originally connected at the trade and cultural level. The current population of about 2 million in the United States is the largest Vietnamese group overseas. Vietnam is also one of the main export destinations of agricultural products in the United States, and it ranks sixth in the world for international students.

Even so similar to China, Vietnam is still vigilant in China. There are territorial disputes in the Nansha and Xisha Islands of the two countries in the South China Sea. Ruan Chunqing, a political scholar at the University of Fo Batt, believes that Vietnam and the United States have common interests in the region.

The problem of trouble is human rights. Vietnam lacks tolerance for opposition opinions, is good at monitoring and responding to protests, blocking roads, reviewing network posts, prohibiting browsing websites, and so on. This embarrassed the United States.

Even so, in an overview of bilateral relations issued by the U.S. State Department in 2021, the United States will provide support for promoting Vietnam more respect for human rights and conduct consultation on a regular basis. Some people with social activities believe that this statement just proves that the United States does have a dual standard: "The criticism of Vietnam has weakened, and even no longer criticized, it shows that human rights are not preferred."

Indian reporter Debarzh Roy Joeri once spicy and ironic: "In the Asian strategy in the United States, the principles of democratic democracy on the surface are naked opportunism, and they are laughing." While praising the value of democracy, they indulge in the value of democracy. The useful dictatorship that is useful for them, how to hypocrisy the United States is not starting today. Some people think that it is not hypocritical.

In the South China Sea, if Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, etc. stand together, it will promote the United States to be tough to China. Moreover, no country is more enthusiastic and consistent than Vietnam. This is why Vietnam is a valuable partner for the United States.

Preparation | An Peng

Review | Sun Peng

Edit | Xu Haiting

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