The US Liden Aircraft Carrier started on June 25 to conduct a six -day visit to Vietnam.This was the third time that the US aircraft carrier visited Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.Prior to this, the United States Calle Vinson and the Rooseford carrier visited Vietnam in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
Before the visit of the US aircraft carrier, Vietnam had a sea confrontation with China in the South China Sea Wanan Beach, and some media visited the US aircraft carrier to Vietnam and regarded Vietnam to fight against China with the help of US forces.But at the same time, Vietnam's new Prime Minister Fan Mingzheng visited China again, and the two countries also agreed to properly control the differences in the South China Sea issue.From this point of view, it may be a bit uncomfortable in Vietnam Latin America.
In fact, since the termination of the Vietnam weapon embargo in 2014, the United States has actively launched military cooperation with Vietnam.Among them, it is an important task to promote US aircraft carrier visits.According to the United States' ideas, aircraft carriers are best to visit each year to highlight the sense of existence of US -Vietnam military cooperation.But when the United States made this proposal to Vietnam, Vietnam was in trouble.On the one hand, Vietnam has a wary of cooperation with the United States and is worried that the United States will interfere with the internal affairs by cooperation; on the other hand, Vietnam also considers China's response.Especially under the new situation of the Sino -US strategy's confrontation, Vietnam should avoid being trap into a big country.
Because of this, when the United States proposed to send the Riden carrier to Vietnam last year, Vietnam responded indifferently and rejected the US proposal.One of the most important reasons is that at that time, China publicly accused the United States offending the stable situation of the South China Sea and Pingping. Vietnam did not want to allow U.S. aircraft carriers to visit at this time, causing misunderstandings in China, and intensifying the tension of South China.
However, since May of this year, because of Chinese scientific examinations and frigates entering Wan'an Beach and nearby waters, Vietnam and China have another sea confrontation, and relations between the two countries have also appeared in a tense trend.This is naturally an important opportunity for the United States.In other words, the United States hopes that through the dispatch of the villagers of the airline, it will be more supportive for Vietnam, and the U.S. -Vietnam military relations that will fall into a state of suspension will be advanced.
For Vietnam, the US aircraft carrier is allowed to visit the Vietnam at this time, and to show China to the US military cooperation to restart the new situation, which is also conducive to Vietnam to relieve pressure from domestic and foreign, but it will not fight against China.Moreover, before the U.S. aircraft carrier visited the Vietnam, the Chinese Navy Qi Jiguang Training Ship had visited Vietnam, and Vietnam -China relations began to slow down.Therefore, at this time, it is not allowed to visit China by aircraft carrier at this time.To this end, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam also specifically emphasized that this visit is a normal friendly communication between the two countries, which is conducive to the peace, stability, cooperation and development of regions and the world.
Although the Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnam marked the official restart of the US -Vietnamese military cooperation after the epidemic, the future development of the future will not be smooth.When U.S. Secretary of State Brills visited Vietnam in April this year, it launched a high -profile start -up project that cost $ 1.2 billion in the Vietnam Embassy, trying to release the determination to further develop Vietnam and US relations through the new embassy in the Vietnam, so as to form a "comprehensive partner in the two countries."On the 10th anniversary, bilateral relations were upgraded to" strategic partners ".
But Vietnam is still worried that once the relationship with the United States is upgraded, the United States may interfere with the internal affairs and increase domestic political instability.The "rebellion" that recently occurred in Duole Province has once again deepened Vietnam's concerns about the interference in the United States to interfere in the United States.The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security even accused the United States of inciting the riots.This incident has brought a huge impact on the U.S. -Vietnam relations upgrade, and the negative effects will continue for a long time.
In addition, Vietnam must consider the impact of Vietnam -US relations on Vietnam -China relations.In short, the development speed and development level of Vietnam -US relations are closely related to the relationship between Vietnam and China.As many analysts pointed out, Vietnam maintains cautious balance between China and the United States.This balance depends not only on the competition and cooperation between China and the United States, but also by changes in the domestic situation in Vietnam.
At least, under the environment that has not yet substantially relieve the Sino -US strategy, Vietnam still focuses on a careful balance strategy.This can explain why Vietnam also sent prime ministers to visit China while allowing the Liden carrier to visit.Vietnam hopes that while developing relations with the United States, it will not mess up with China, and it cannot cause misunderstandings in China.
In the context of the continuous global economic downturn and the poor domestic economic development situation in Vietnam, Vietnam needs to focus on dealing with domestic problems and maintain domestic social stability.The strong trade and stable Vietnam -China relations are conducive to Vietnam to achieve this goal.Of course, if you can use the US economic resources to promote its own economic development, Vietnam is naturally welcome, just like Vietnam joins the United States -led Indo -Pacific Economic framework.However, the economic help in the United States cannot bring private goods, especially affecting Vietnam's political direction and social stability.
In short, the Reagan aircraft carrier visited Vietnam to release the signal of restarted military cooperation in the United States and Vietnam, but it does not mean that Vietnam will fall to the ground to fight against China while falling to the ground, nor will it have a big impact on Vietnam -China relations.For Vietnam, which is committed to achieving the dream of a strong country, it is the right way with the stable relationship and close economic and trade cooperation with the great powers. With the help of the United States against China, Vietnam will fall into the danger of the unbalanced relationship between the great power.
The author Peng Nian is the Deputy Dean of the National State Research Institute of Hainan Normal University
Jia Yuanyuan is a master's degree in Hainan Normal University
