The national flags of Vietnam, the DPRK and the US (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The hosting of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam is a great opportunityfor Vietnam to improve its position and influence in the region, according to US experts.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency’s Washington correspondent, former senior research assistant at the Brookings Institution Hunter Marston said that the selection of Vietnam as the host of thesecond DPRK-USA Summit has shown theSoutheast Asian country’s growing diplomatic status.
Vietnam plays an important role inthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a significant diplomaticpartner of many countries around the world and with a fiercely growing economy,he said, adding that the country is also an important partner of the US inSoutheast Asia and has good relations with other regional powers such as Australia,India and Japan.
Marston said the event offers a good chance for Vietnam to further elevate itsposition and demonstrate its ability to successfully organise important events,noting that this is golden time for the nation to promote its role incontributing to regional and global peace.
Sharing Marston’s view, Amy Searight – Senior Advisor and Director of theSoutheast Asia Programme under the Washington D.C-based Centre for Strategicand International Studies (CSIS) –said that in recent years, Vietnam has demonstrated itsability to successfully host a range of summits, as well as big and vital events.
Like Singapore, Vietnam has very good security and is a dynamic economy in theregion, she noted.
Vietnam has developed sound economicpolicies as it joined the Comprehensive and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP)agreement and as such become a shining economic model example for countries inthe region, she said, adding that Vietnam's great successes are becomingincreasingly recognised on the international arena.
Richard Cronin from the Stimson Centre said that, as the host of the second DPRK-USA Summit, Vietnam will have a chanceto show its great potential for economic development and openness to the world,alongside its influence in the region.
Cronin highlighted that Vietnam will be the rotating Chairmanof ASEAN in 2020, while it is also trying to become a non-permanent member ofthe UN Security Council. All these factors will help enhance Vietnam's position tointernational onlookers.
Meanwhile, Anthony Nelson, Director of East Asian and Pacific affairs at the USconsultancy Albright Stonebridge Group,said that the event showsVietnam's rising international position, as well as its role as a country with positiverelationships with many great powers.
Nelson said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wants ASEANto get involved in the coming summit just like the case of Singapore in thefirst, adding that the summit will also see the USincreasing its recognition of Vietnam as a partner in security issues. –VNA
Talking to Vietnam News Agency’s Washington correspondent, former senior research assistant at the Brookings Institution Hunter Marston said that the selection of Vietnam as the host of thesecond DPRK-USA Summit has shown theSoutheast Asian country’s growing diplomatic status.
Vietnam plays an important role inthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a significant diplomaticpartner of many countries around the world and with a fiercely growing economy,he said, adding that the country is also an important partner of the US inSoutheast Asia and has good relations with other regional powers such as Australia,India and Japan.
Marston said the event offers a good chance for Vietnam to further elevate itsposition and demonstrate its ability to successfully organise important events,noting that this is golden time for the nation to promote its role incontributing to regional and global peace.
Sharing Marston’s view, Amy Searight – Senior Advisor and Director of theSoutheast Asia Programme under the Washington D.C-based Centre for Strategicand International Studies (CSIS) –said that in recent years, Vietnam has demonstrated itsability to successfully host a range of summits, as well as big and vital events.
Like Singapore, Vietnam has very good security and is a dynamic economy in theregion, she noted.
Vietnam has developed sound economicpolicies as it joined the Comprehensive and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP)agreement and as such become a shining economic model example for countries inthe region, she said, adding that Vietnam's great successes are becomingincreasingly recognised on the international arena.
Richard Cronin from the Stimson Centre said that, as the host of the second DPRK-USA Summit, Vietnam will have a chanceto show its great potential for economic development and openness to the world,alongside its influence in the region.
Cronin highlighted that Vietnam will be the rotating Chairmanof ASEAN in 2020, while it is also trying to become a non-permanent member ofthe UN Security Council. All these factors will help enhance Vietnam's position tointernational onlookers.
Meanwhile, Anthony Nelson, Director of East Asian and Pacific affairs at the USconsultancy Albright Stonebridge Group,said that the event showsVietnam's rising international position, as well as its role as a country with positiverelationships with many great powers.
Nelson said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wants ASEANto get involved in the coming summit just like the case of Singapore in thefirst, adding that the summit will also see the USincreasing its recognition of Vietnam as a partner in security issues. –VNA
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