Why Should We Care if Vietnam is Swinging Toward China?
About This Episode
Ray and Jim speak with Dr. Nguyễn Khắc Giang on Vietnam’s strategic hedging between the United States and China, examining economic pressures, defense diversification, domestic political shifts under President and Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm and how Hanoi balances dependence and autonomy amid intensifying great-power competition.
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