Print version: Le Hong, Hiep The Vietnam-US Security Partnership and the Rules-Based International Order in the Age of Trump Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute,c2020 ISBN 9789814881548
Vietnam-US relations have kept strengthening since bilateral normalization in 1995, including in the defence and strategic domains. This has turned the two countries into increasingly important security partners for each other.The shared perception of the China threat, especially in the South China Sea, provided the strongest momentum towards bilateral strategic rapprochement in recent years despite the strategic uncertainties generated by the Trump administration. Such strategic dynamics also shaped Vietnam’s supportive view of the US-led regional and global orders..