I think they sort of watch both sides of our political spectrum.
Obama was good for Vietnam. But so is Trump. So I think they’re sort of currently in the middle.
I know when I was here back then, I was the ONLY foreigner who was for Trump. Everyone else was for whatsername. But the Vietnamese seem to have been right in the middle, at least for what I can see.
So far so good, Trump.
Obama was really bad for Việt Nam. He hates the people and the place because the Vietnamese have tried hard to be an American ally in Asia and the government there responded well to Clinton and Bush leaning on them to lighten up on the people. They backslid under Obama because he sneered at them and did not press for reforms. Obama thought such reforms were betrayals of the socialist mission. Việt Nam responds to America because Việt Nam needs American protection from China even as America needs the Vietnamese bulwark against China and because of a Vietnamese affinity for Americans. They are a truly individualistic culture unlike most other Asians.