China & Vietnam

[huy.duong@ctsu.ox.ac.uk]

Dear ba'c La^m,

<<<Vu. na`y cu~ng gio^'ng nhu+ vu. ta`u Maddox ho^`i 1964 cu?a My~ xa^m pha.m
vu`ng bie^?n VNDCCH. Lie^.u co' da^~n to+'i 1 su+. kie^.n vi.nh Ba('c bo^.
thu+' 2 k0, this is the question now.>>>

Co' the^? My~ khie^u khi'ch VN -de^? co' co+' leo thang chie^'n tranh,
co`n Ta`u co' ly' do kha'c:
1)ba`nh tru+o+'ng, 2) phe military muo^'n co' the^n a?nh hu+o+?ng
trong no^.i bo^. Ta`u. Va` Ta`u muo^'n chie^'m ho+n la` chie^'n tranh.

<<<1- VN la` "ma('t xi'ch ye^'u nha^'t" ve^` ma(.t ngoai giao va` quan he^.
quo^'c te^' trong 5 nuo+'c ddo^'i thu? vo+'i Ba('c kinh tranh cha^'p vu`ng
bie^?n Ddo^ng (VN, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei). VN k0 co' 1
hie^.p uo+'c an ninh chung vo+'i 1 cuo+`ng quo^'c na`o, trong khi Phi co'
hie^.p uo+'c vo+'i My~; Malay va` Brunei trong kho^'i Commonwelth, co'
hie^.p uo+'c vo+'i Anh. Tai wan thi` vu. eo bie^?n na(m ngoa'i, TQ vu+`a
ba('n ma^'y qu?a te^n lu+?a dda~ tha^'y ta`u chie^'n My~ u`n u`n ke'o
dde^'n.>>>

Hie^.p u+o+'c la` mo^.t consequence va` bie^?u tu+o+.ng cua? common interest va` 
gooodwill. Vie^.t Nam ca^`n gia ta<ng common interest va` goodwill vo+'i nhu+~ng
cu+o+`ng quo^'c. Nhu+~ng common interest va` goodwill na`y se~ co' gia'
tri. kho^ng nhu+~ng o+? nhu+~ng hie^.p u+o+'c ma` ca? nhu+~ng giu'p -do+~
tu+` nhu+~ng nu+o+'c kho^ng co' hie^.p u+o+'c gi` vo+'i VN.

Tui kho^ng bie^'t the Commonwealth co' hie^.p u+o+'c defence kho^ng?

Va` ne^'u mi`nh muo^'n mi`nh co' the^? mang ca'i commonwealth ra
ta'n ti?nh anh Pha'p.

Huy