This article was first published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute as a commentary in Fulcrum and republished by Think China on 4 March 2021.
Phan Xuan Dung is graduate research assistant at S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. He is also a member of the US-Vietnam Next-Generation Leaders Initiative at the Pacific Forum.
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