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Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific Region: Perception, Position and Perspectives

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  • Nguyen Le Thy Thuong

    (Nguyen Le Thy Thuong is working at the Indian and Southwest Asian Research Institute as a researcher. She studies Indian politics which focuses on federalism and electoral activity in India. She also conducts many other studies on Indian foreign policy and India’s role in regional order, in institutions and organisations around the world. She is expanding her research direction, learning about cultural–political connections in India; relations between India and neighbouring countries in history and present.)

  • Nguyen Thi Oanh

    (Nguyen Thi Oanh is a reasercher on Politics and Security Studies, at the Institute for Indian and Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. She graduated in Public Administration at the National Academy of Public Administration in Hanoi, did her postgraduate in Political Science at The University of Hyderabad, India. She is currently doing her PhD in International Relations at Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She is a young and active researcher who has been the key participant in various research projects on India, China and Southwest Asian countries. She is the author of various research articles published in Vietnamese journals and international journal.)

Abstract

The Indo-Pacific region is an area adjacent to some oceans and the gateway that connects the great power and small countries to the world; this region is always considered by Vietnam as a key strategic geographic area, having direct impact on national security, position and its role in this region. While big powers have different perceptions of the Indo-Pacific region, as a country occupying an important geographic position in the Pacific region, Vietnam shares a common vision of an open and rule-based area, and a common interest in maintaining peace, stability and prosperity as well as building a common space for coexistence and development with the belief that the Indo-Asian-Pacific is large enough for every nation to grow and prosper. This article finds out that recent changes in the Indo-Pacific region in geopolitics, economics, security and national defence have made many countries, including Vietnam, redefine their global and regional policies to refresh their strategic perceptions. Vietnam has its own perception, position, approach and national orientations, which is shaping its state behaviour and perspectives in this geopolitically vibrant Indo-Pacific region. Besides, this article uses the SWOT analysis model to determine the challenges, strengths and weaknesses of Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific region. Moreover, while the future of the Indo-Pacific in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world remains filled with uncertainty and economic challenges, the crisis also presents an opportunity for Vietnam to re-evaluate its position. Today, Vietnam always maintains its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of international relations, which attaches great importance to enhancing multi-faceted cooperation with countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Thus, with its own perception and geostrategic advantage, Vietnam—a developing country in the region and in the world with relatively stable economic growth, pursuing rules and order will be a positive factor for a stable, peaceful and prosperous development in the region.

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  • Nguyen Le Thy Thuong & Nguyen Thi Oanh, 2021. "Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific Region: Perception, Position and Perspectives," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 77(2), pages 129-142, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indqtr:v:77:y:2021:i:2:p:129-142
    DOI: 10.1177/09749284211005036
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    1. Angelina Gurunathan & Ravichandran Moorthy, 2021. "Riding the Indo-Pacific Wave: India–ASEAN Partnership Sans RCEP," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 77(4), pages 560-578, December.

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