Waiting for the Sinos to come in and say China didn't get it's butt kicked...
5.56mm
Is the Domino effect finally coming home to roost?
“I wonder if Vietnam will kick China’s butt again?”
Possible, but less likely. China’s military is moving away from the large-scale, militia-type force that it had during it’s revolutionary period thru the 1980’s and toward a more modern force.
Last I checked the Vietnamese military was not much more modern than it had been when the Vietnam War ended.
Probably the biggest factor would be the terms of combat: where the fighting takes place and so forth. If it’s an air/naval fight in the South China Sea, bet on China.