POLITICAL AND SECURITY COOPERATION BETWEEN VIETNAM AND ASEAN (2007-2021): ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS
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Abstract
This research article examines prominent events of political and security cooperation between Vietnam and ASEAN after the year of the ASEAN Charter (2007). The author employs the historical method of Historical science in combination with the logical method and theories of Regionalism to indicate that Vietnam plays a key role in maintaining a strong network of partnership with ASEAN in regional politics and security to both gain regional and national interests. In order to deepen this relation, the author relies on occurring events and the latest foreign policies of Vietnam and ASEAN to make a prophecy for prospects of Vietnam-ASEAN political-security ties in the future.
Keywords
ASEAN, Vietnam, political and security cooperation, Southeast Asia
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