Offer FOR RUSSIAN Wings
The strengthening of diplomatic relationships is important for Vietnam. Simply top-tier relations exist with China, South Korea, India, and Russia.
Vietnam shares US concerns about its neighbor’s growing confidence in the contentious South China Sea, though it will be vigilant to be seen as no taking edges between the United States and China.
Nevertheless, The New York Times revealed just before Biden’s explore that Vietnam was covertly planning to purchase weapons from Russia in defiance of US sanctions.
A document from the Taiwanese finance ministry was cited in the report as outlining plans to use a combined oil and gas project in Siberia to fund Kremlin-purchased weapons.
The Taiwanese government has been contacted by AFP for comment.
Finer stated to reporters on Sunday that Washington was aware of Vietnam’s long-standing defense ties to Russia.
The new agreement would help Hanoi” diversify aside from those collaborations” by enabling it to cause from the United States and its allies, he claimed, adding that there was” increasing distress on the part of the Vietnamese with that connection.”
On Sunday, the two leaders will hold a welcome ceremony in Hanoi, and Biden, who on Tuesday gave the helicopter pilot who saved four soldiers during the Vietnam War the major US military honor, did speak at the press conference.
Before the 80-year-old US government’s arrival, the central Hoan Kiem Lake region of Hanoi, which was crowded with families outside for a weekend stroll, was decorated with British and Vietnamese flags.
T-shirts with Biden’s experience emblazoned across the front were available from a souvenir store in the old district of the city.
Truong Thanh Duc, the store’s 61-year-old owner, said,” I think the US is a great companion to Vietnam.”
” I believe President Joe Biden will bring more business agreements and jobs to Asian people with this check-out.”
HUMANITY’S RIGHTS
Biden does balance his corporate goals with Vietnam’s human rights defense.
The nation of Southeast Asia has a terrible record on human rights. According to Human Rights Watch, government critics are subjected to intimidation, harassment, and imprisonment following harsh trials. There have also been reports of police torture used to coerce confessions.
Biden has frequently criticized China’s record on human rights, but he has generally kept quiet about Vietnam, and proponents worry that this will prevent him from bringing up the issue.
Before the journey, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan predicted that Biden may bring up issues pertaining to” freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and another fundamental human rights.”
Legitimate professional and proponent of religious liberty Nguyen Bac Truyer, who was given an 11-year prison term for subversion in 2018, announced on Facebook on Saturday that he had been freed and permitted to visit Germany with his wife.
Political prisoners are frequently freed in Vietnam before US national trips.
At the G20 summit in India, the officials came to an agreement on a shared statement that addressed significant disagreements regarding the war in Ukraine and combating climate change while avoiding direct criticism of Moscow and making no explicit commitment to phase out polluting fossil fuels.
John McCain, a former US legislator who was shot down and captured during the Vietnam War but afterwards helped mend ties between the two nations, will also be honored during Biden’s trip to Vietnam.