Vietnam has become the third country in the Association of South East Asian Nations to adopt a national action plan for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, promoting meaningful inclusion of women in peace …
In discussing Vietnamese politics, the commentariat falls back on the word ‘opaque’. This usually means that it does not know what is happening. The term is resurfacing in the wake of the resignation on 19 …
The two countries are so different, but they are following remarkably similar paths. Economically advanced Australia and still-developing Vietnam have both suffered from Chinese economic coercion, and they are adopting same solution—diversification of export markets. …
The elevation of the Australia-Vietnam relationship to the highest diplomatic level opens opportunities for deeper defence cooperation, especially the expansion of defence industry. On 7 March, after the conclusion of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in …
There’s growing awareness that Australia’s international development program is one of the tools of national power that Australia can use to shape the world around it. The danger is that if ‘influence’ becomes an unstated …