Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China

[krzepice1976]

By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, defense secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China's military assertivnes by cozying up to smaller nations in the region that share American wariness about Chinese intentions.
The visit beginning on Tuesday also shows how far US-Vietnam relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnamese
relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnam wsr


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[ThunderStealer]

It's a smart play but it's going to take more than Vietnam, and Taiwan to counter Chinas continuous encroachment on foreign waters.