Has Vietnam’s Diplomacy Gained Influence but Lost Its Edge?

From Nguyễn Tấn Dũng to Tô Lâm …


By: Khanh Vu Duc

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Thirteen years ago, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng walked onto the Shangri-La Dialogue stage and delivered one of the most consequential foreign-policy speeches by a Vietnamese leader in the post-Cold War era. He called for “strategic trust-building” while warning against attempts to change the status quo in the South China …