This publication documents President Ho Chi Minh’s official visit to Indonesia from February 27 to March 8, 1959. Prepared by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Hanoi, the book records the meetings, speeches, receptions, and public events that took place during the visit. It highlights the significance of early diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Indonesia and reflects the warm fr…
This volume presents a detailed account of Vietnam’s diplomatic activities during the two decades following national reunification in 1975. Written by diplomat and scholar Lưu Văn Lợi, the book highlights the country’s foreign policy strategies, regional engagements, and international negotiations from 1975 to 1995. It explores Vietnam’s efforts to rebuild its global relationships, na…
Hồ Chí Minh Thought on Diplomacy presents an analytical overview of the diplomatic principles and strategies developed by Hồ Chí Minh throughout Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and international recognition. Written by Nguyễn Dy Niên, the book examines Hồ Chí Minh’s views on peaceful engagement, national self-determination, international solidarity, and the combinat…
This paper provides a survey of Vietnam's challenges and problems in foreign relations. The paper first reviews developments in Vietnam's process of political and economic "renovation" (doi moi) and highlights the influence domestic pressures for change (especially in economic policy) have had on foreign relations. The paper then considers the recent evolution of Vietnam's international outlook…
Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collaborators ask in Argument Without End, a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the Vietnam War. Drawing on a series of meetings that brought together, for the first time ever, senior American and Vietnamese officials who had serv…