U.S.–Vietnamese Cooperation
By Huong Le Thu
February 05, 2018
US defence secretary James Mattis recently made his first trip to Southeast Asia. Significantly, the visit took in Indonesia and Vietnam, both listed in Washington’s newly released national security strategy and national defence strategy as partners of growing significance. The trip not only marked the two nations’ greater role in the region, but also signalled that the US is putting increased weight on cooperation beyond the regional treaty allies, Thailand and the Philippines. Recognising that no relationship stays the same, but ‘they either get stronger or they get weaker’, Mattis confirmed that America wants a stronger relationship with a stronger Vietnam.
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