Vietnam Seeks To Strengthen US, Japan Ties

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Vietnam Seeks To Strengthen US, Japan Ties

By Pierre Tran 3 p.m. EDT April 1, 2015

PARIS — Vietnam is seeking to strengthen ties with Tokyo and Washington in a search for security against neighboring China — a fellow communist power but one whose territorial claims are raising concerns, an international relations expert said.

Vietnam has a "very complex attitude" toward China as both are communist countries and the natural policy is to avoid bad relations with a "brother communist party," Matake Kamiya, professor of international relations at the Japanese Defense Academy, said on Tuesday at conference held by Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire (IRSEM), a think tank at the French military's staff college.

"But there are territorial and territorial water issues," he said. "Many ordinary Vietnamese feel that China is a too arrogant neighbor and they have increasing sense of insecurity toward China.

"That's why they want a partner outside southeast Asia, including Japan and to some extent even the United States," he said.....
 

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