New Context of Vietnam’s National Security Challenges:

Vietnam’s concept of national security is based on "the survival of the ruling regime that acts in the name of the country". This is unlike in many countries where national security relates merely to the survival of the state. Because the challenges to Vietnam’s national security are perce...

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1. Verfasser: Nguyen, Manh Hung (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore ISEAS Publishing [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:Vietnam’s concept of national security is based on "the survival of the ruling regime that acts in the name of the country". This is unlike in many countries where national security relates merely to the survival of the state. Because the challenges to Vietnam’s national security are perceived as challenges and threats to the ruling regime, the concept of national security tends to focus on the internal dimension of national security. The Mid-term National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1994 listed "four threats" facing the country, namely, the danger of falling behind neighbouring countries economically; the threat of "peaceful evolution"; deviation from socialism; and corruption and bureaucratism. None of them, except for peaceful evolution, comes from outside.
Today, these threats remain but are now joined by the threat of "self-evolution" or "self-transformation" leading to socialist deviation and peaceful evolution, as well as the threat to national sovereignty and territorial integrity resulting from the conflict in the South China Sea. Consequently, the military is tasked not only with the mission of protecting the fatherland but also protecting "the party, state, people and the socialist regime". The Twelfth National Congress of the CPV in 2016 attempted to re-establish the control of the party over the state; to launch a renewed effort to combat corruption and purge the party of those who exhibited signs of degeneration in morality, political thinking and lifestyle; and earn the people’s trust. Today, China is the only external threat to Vietnam’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the focal point of that threat is the South China Sea.
Vietnam has responded to this threat with a three-point policy: accommodating China’s security interests; building up self-defence capability; and mobilizing international support. The strategy to mobilize international support is based on three elements: reliance on diplomacy and international law; mobilizing international support through integration in the regional and international system and a policy of "openness, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations"; and soft balancing between the major powers.
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ISBN:9789814311151
DOI:10.1355/9789814311151

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