Vietnam wants to buy weapons developed
and made in the United States and the regional powerhouse of China should not
be alarmed.
As the relations between United
States and Vietnam cools down, United States is now moving closer lifting its ban
on the lethal arms exports applied after the communist victory in Vietnam War.
The Deputy Prime Minister in Vietnam
Pham Binh Minh said that it's been 20 years since Washington and Hanoi
normalized its relations, and it's "abnormal" to retain the ban.
"If we do not buy weapons from United
States, we still buy from other countries," Minh said. "Why
should China bother about that?"
Despite from the fraternal ties
between Vietnam and China, the tensions spiked this year after China deployed deep—sea
oil rig near disputed Paracel islands. The vessels from two sides repeatedly rammed
each other near the rig and the standoff triggered deadly anti—China protests
and riots in Vietnam.
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