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Oh I completely agree.

However, I really think America should work at improving our relationship with Vietnam. For real.

I intended to go there as part of a trip I was on a couple years ago, just planning to visit. I have since, concluded that Vietnam may be the first country I have been in, which is completely non-racist. It is a bit remarkable.

Now there are a lot of things I may or may not agree with about the way they do things (I don’t really comment on things, since I’m just a guest there), but it is a very interesting place. I like it there quite a lot.

We should work at improving the relationship between Vietnam and America. It is the one SE Asian country, which seems to be quite independent, from China. There are plenty of people there who do have connections in both countries, but there is real independence in Vietnam, which is not as obvious in some other countries in the area.

There are people working on that relationship now. A US aircraft carrier was there about two months ago. The relationship is improving. TPP may not be the best tool, but I am just saying, something along those lines would be good for the future.

Thanks for your note.