They haven't been important since the day my only brother was shipped there in 1966 with the U.S. Army. He spent a year in the jungle fighting an enemy he could not see, and trying not to be shot by his own people. Two of my high school friends were killed there. We've still have war dead in Vietnam that have not been repatriated. The war in Vietnam was just another proxy war we fought against Russia and China. Nothing's changed since then. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. China and Vietnam are both communist countries, and the only people who will get rich off of trade deals with them, are the same people who get rich off of wars: Politicians on both sides of the aisles, their family members and friends, and their big donors. I hope you're not planning on Vietnam choosing the U.S. over China, because it will never happen. In December, just three months after Joe's visit, China and Vietnam agreed to build a better relationship based on trust and cooperation.
China’s Xi pushes more trust with Vietnam after Hanoi’s move closer to Washington
Sorry.