Between China and the United States, why did Vietnam make a wise choice?
The recent visit of our leader to Viet Nam has raised relations with Viet Nam to a new level. In the common words of China and Vietnam, it is comrades and brothers;In Vietnam's expression, the development of relations with China is the highest priority option in Vietnam's foreign relations, and in our expression, the development of relations with Vietnam is the priority of China's peripheral diplomacy!This shows the new height of Sino-Vietnamese relations!Why did Vietnam think so much today?Let's take a look!
In fact, Vietnam finally wants to open up today, and it is also a process of gradual change. After the normalization of relations between us and Vietnam more than 30 years ago, there was still a certain amount of bitterness between us at that time. At that time, Vietnam also learned from us Xi and engaged in a reform and opening up!Then, in the 20 years until 2012, China and Vietnam gradually developed into a pragmatic cooperation with each other. And Vietnam's relations with the United States are also unfolding at the same time!During this period, there are also many bets on Vietnam, Japan and South Korea, Western countries led by the United States, ASEAN direction, and China direction. Vietnam has pursued a multi-pronged balanced diplomacy.
However, in the past 10 years, with the further improvement of China's comprehensive national strength, as well as the further improvement of military strength, especially naval strength, marked by the confrontation between China and the United States in the South China Sea in 2016, Vietnam has finally seen clearly that it is difficult for the US Navy to compete with us around China's coastal waters. In addition, in the past 10 years, China has transferred a large number of industries to Vietnam through industrial upgrading, which has played a great role in boosting Vietnam's economyMoreover, in the past ten years, the Japanese high-speed railway, American industry and other projects introduced by Vietnam have not been reliable in VietnamIt also makes Vietnam gradually realize that cooperation with China is the most reliable!
Then, in the past two years, China's important infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia, the old railway, and Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway have gradually been opened to traffic. This makes Vietnam look at it in its eyes and be anxious in its heart!Vietnam turned out to get up early in the morning and catch up with a late market!Traditional geopolitical security concerns, whether railways should use narrow gauge or standard gauge, etc., are gradually no longer a problemAs a result, China-Vietnam cooperation has gradually matured!
Generally speaking, as far as Southeast Asia is concerned, Vietnam is the only country that is connected to China by land and sea. Needless to say, in terms of land and rail transportation, Vietnam is the most convenient country to connect our country with Southeast Asia!The background of the whole world today is the game between China and the United States, and it is gradually moving towards the deep water zone. In this context, China is on a gradual upward trajectory, while the United States is riddled with holes and is gradually declining!For these changes, Vietnam is actually looking at them. In addition, geographically speaking, China is very close to Vietnam, and the United States is far from Vietnam. With my country, we can still enjoy the dividends of economic development, while with the United States, there are many crises!As for how to choose, Vietnam is also very clear in its heart!Although at the official level, Vietnam has elevated the U.S.-Vietnam relationship to the same level as the Sino-Vietnamese relationship. But in the actual course of exchanges, Vietnam is still very sober!In this way, the direction of the game between China and the United States in the South China Sea is left with the Philippines swaying left and right!