What Vietnam is doing in the South China Sea

#usa #vietnam #china

Vietnam is one of several governments in East Asia which have territorial claims in the South China Sea. The basis of Vietnam's claim is the historic connection to the islands and reefs of these waters, the majority of which are claimed by Vietnam. This of course brings Vietnam often into conflict with the other large claimant to the South China Sea, which is China. The Chinese-Vietnamese rivalry has led to interesting development in recent decades, in which we see an increasingly friendlier relationship between Vietnam and the United States.
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Sources:

Robert D. Kaplan (2014) Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific.

Bill Hayton (2015) The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia.

Ren H. & Lui F. (2013) Transitional Security Patterns in the South China Sea and the Involvement of External Parties. In: Issues & Studies 49:2.

[PoliticswithPaint]

In this video, I take a look at the importance of the South China Sea, all countries involved in the dispute and its impact on international politics today.

[someonee]

The South China Sea is mad complicated in my opinion, overlapping claims, refusal to agree on one another, let’s just hope a peaceful relegation is reached soon.

[AlphaJnx]

As a Filipino we also got mad when The china decides to also took control the islands near of my country.

[easy_eight]

My uncle scacrificed himself during the Sino-Vietnamese war to defend Hanoi from the invasion. As Lincoln said: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", everything about China is personal to me

[davidgibson]

vietnam sovereignty is not a fucking joke .

[PakNationalist-xyin]

I love and support Vietnam from Pakistan
🇵🇰🩷🇻🇳

[luatgia]

Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa belong to Việt Nam 🤫

[dietart]

Love how vietnam war is always mentioned but no one cares about the Vietnamese sino war lol?

[OscarZheng]

the enemy's enemy were former allies who fought against you and now it looks like the enemy's enemy is now your friend

[jimbo]

Since China "planted" seven islands in SCS, no one else has chances to have ultimate control over the region.
What US can do is also highly restricted.

[dand]

More Proper Names for the Seas:
For the Ocean water near Vietnam,
We should call this the "Vietnam Sea".
Not the misnamed: "South China Sea". As China already claimed the (North) China Sea.
This way everyone in the world will understand the Vietnam legitimate claim.
Thanks.
D D

[makutas-v]

This reads like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable where when Josuke beat his enemy he made friends with them

[Yourmomlovesmethough]

Everybody thinks Taiwan is going to be the next Ukraine and because of the semiconductors they may be but I think it's more likely that Vietnam will be simply because it's literally connected to China. The people forget the Vietnamese already beat China right after they beat the US and just after vietnam liberated Cambodia from the khmer rouge.

[josedorsaith]

It's not the "south China sea"

That's an imperialist term for Chinese expansion and hegemony

[vincenttran]

Vietnam just want a fair trade with the US unlike being sanctions for 2 decades, so now Vietnam want to have relationship with The US for economic do not miss understood Vietnam join with the US for political. Vietnam and Russia are very close friends unless US be more close friends with Russia then Vietnam will follow, so that will never happen in my life for sure.

[nhungha]

Hoàng Sa Trường Sa là của Việt Nam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[lamour]

Its literally called South China sea as the Chinese automatically consider that sea belongs to them now??

[sleepful]

if china was still a marxist nation im sure they would've figured out a compromise by now but since they arent i hope vietnam retains sovereignty over their waters, they are much more important to vietnams much smaller economy

[christopherjones]

It's really not that surprising, if you have any interest in the China sea you are either with China or America at this point. Also name a country in Asia America is friends/allied with now that they didn't wage war with/in in the past

[Seralewis-pw]

In China we call it 'the South Sea' instead of the South China Sea