Carl Thayer

Five countries of the Mekong sub-region are believed to be important to the US and its vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Vietnam has set objectives for its foreign relations and proactively integrated into the world economy since 1990s.

The late senator made tireless efforts to advocate the reconciliation of the former foes to help result in fruitful relationship like today.

China must demonstrate that it is capable of standing up to the US.

ASEAN foreign ministers' first-time statement stresses the importance of multilateralism.

Notes verbales, unsigned formal diplomatic communication, would largely ruin China’s legal position.

The two former war foes have seen a number of milestones over the past quarter century.

No meeting regarding to Code of Conduct in the South China Sea has been held since the beginning of this year.

The Vietnam expert said other ASEAN members can look to Vietnam’s experience in containing the novel coronavirus.

Efforts to keep economic stability and security seem to be the most concerning challenges.