(Hanoi Reuters) U.S. President Biden is about to visit Vietnam. Promoting the bilateral relations of the United States and Vietnam is the main axis of his trip.
Biden plans to visit Vietnam on September 10 (Sunday).This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive partnership in Vietnam and the United States.The Bayeng government hopes to promote the two levels of the United States and Vietnam's bilateral relations and allow the United States to be at the same level as China and Russia.
The highest level of Vietnam's foreign relations is "comprehensive strategic partnership", followed by "strategic partnership", and then "comprehensive partnership".The US -Vietnam relations are currently a comprehensive partnership, while China and Russia have established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, which is two levels higher than the US -Vietnam relations.The United States therefore hopes to raise the US -Vietnam relations to strategic partnership, even a comprehensive strategic partnership.
According to Reuters, in order to alleviate China's possible response, Vietnam is discussing that the Chinese leaders visit Heng in front of Bayeng's visit to Vietnam.Some officials said that Chinese official and Prime Minister Li Qiang may meet with Vietnamese leaders in the next few days or weeks.
For Biden's plans to visit Vietnam and the United States, the United States is likely to improve diplomatic relations, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Mao Ning Monday (September 4) said in an inquiry in a routine press conference: "We believe that the United States is dealing with AsiaIn the country's relations, you should abandon the cold war thinking of the zero -harmony game and abide by the basic guidelines of international relations.
Scholars: U.S. -Vietnam Relations Risk Risk Increase Coexisted
Li Honghe, a senior researcher at the Easov Isaev Issa East South Asian Research Institute in Singapore, said that although Vietnam has greatly increased the risk of bilateral relations with the United States, Vietnamese leaders believe that the best time to do so is because they judgeUS relations "may be worse in the future."
Purchasing American military background may be one of the benefits of the U.S. -Vietnam relations upgrade to Vietnam.Li Honghe said that the United States has been discussed for more military issues to Vietnam, but it is expected that an agreement will not be reached immediately because such negotiations take time.
Wu Xiucheng, the chief representative of Vietnam of the United States -Asian'an Business Council, believes that the United States may provide more benefits, such as relaxation of customs procedures to promote trade.The United States is the largest export market in Vietnam.
Other benefits that the United States may provide include supporting Vietnam to become semiconductor industry centers, and assisting Vietnam to become participants in the field of liquefied natural gas and offshore wind power.
