Vietnam

Barrett on X: "The US just tried to pull Vietnam away from China… and it didn’t work. While Washington was busy pushing its Indo-Pacific strategy, talking about “partnerships” and quietly trying to turn Vietnam into the next anti-China supply chain hub, Hanoi just doubled down — publicly — https://t.co/uzTKXbowZI" / X  publicly — with Beijing. The timing says everything. Within days of taking office, Tô Lâm announces a visit to China, meeting Xi Jinping and reinforcing a “shared future” between the two countries. || The US wants Vietnam to replace China in global manufacturing. It wants deeper military ties. It wants Vietnam as part of a wider encirclement play in Asia. But here’s the reality nobody in Washington seems willing to admit: Vietnam’s economy is deeply plugged into China’s supply chain. Raw materials, components, machinery — it all flows through China. You don’t just “replace” that because a few politicians say so. ||And more importantly, Vietnam knows it. || You can talk geopolitics all day long, but factories run on logistics, not slogans. And right now, China is still the backbone of regional manufacturing — including Vietnam’s rise. ||So while the US tries to redraw the map, Vietnam is playing it smart — balancing where it can, but ultimately reinforcing the relationship that actually keeps its economy moving.|| This isn’t containment. This is reality. 5:25PM 14 April 2026