Obama Leigh Vietnam, intended to China?
2016/5/26 17:59:48 Source：New York Times Chinese networ
President Obama arrived in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, on Sunday evening to begin a variety of meetings in the next three days, hoping to draw on another country that is closely related to China.
A dressed in a yellow dress, a young woman on the tarmac greeted him, presented a bouquet of flowers. And a plurality of second tier officials in Vietnam turns after shaking hands, after nearly 24 hours a bumpy journey he drilling the president of the car, went to a nearby hotel. Small groups of people quietly standing in the dark street, after watching his team. In addition to those people street seems to have been completely cleared.
Due to the plan, air force one (Force One Air) arrived at the time is midnight, exactly speaking, it should be 3 hours later, a senior official in Vietnam to participate in the official welcome ceremony was postponed to Monday morning.
When Mr Obama might be Bill Clinton (Bill Clinton) with the same treatment -- 2000, Clinton as the Vietnam War after visiting Vietnam's first president, had been exciting for the warm welcome. But there are also another may: the United States is the relations between the two countries has been developed to a new stage, the arrival of the president of the United States no longer seemed so extraordinary.
On Monday, Mr. Obama will meet with new incoming Vietnamese Prime Minister and President, and the actual power who, CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong Nguyen Phu Trong meet.
Obama's visit to Vietnam for hundreds of years has been quite complicated the relationship is a very important act. Vietnam's outstanding historical figures, mostly through against the invasion of China and established illustrious reputation. Vietnamese have deep-rooted nationalism and heartfelt Anti China sentiment. Vietnamese war against the United States, basic has been left behind, which in a large extent is because half of the country's population are under the age of 30.
Vietnam to trade, investment depend on China, even rely on China to help solve the problem of water supply in the Mekong Delta, so the Vietnamese leadership layer to understand, the Chinese dragon beat can only modestly.
In fact, since the between China and Vietnam in 1979 began a brief but bloody war, Vietnam is the basic trying to placate China; in recent years, China has been trying to claims in the South China Sea territorial sovereignty, while Vietnam did not too much ignore its a series of stimulus move. Vietnam about 2000 miles of coastline in the South China Sea within.
But in 2014, China outside the Vietnam coast not far from the deployment of the a huge deep-sea drilling platform, the oil and gas exploration, Nguyen Phu Trong call Beijing after, or even to get a reply. This conflict in Vietnam sparked angry demonstrations, resulting in two Chinese people were killed and several Taiwanese and Korean factory was also destroyed.
Since then, Vietnam to intensify the contact with the United States. Whether it is Vietnam and the United States, do not formally allied preparations, but Vietnam may allow U.S. warships use their ports, and Washington looks at least extended arms embargo exemption range, there may even be on the long arms embargo fully discharged.
The issue of human rights is still the barriers that hinder the relations between the two countries closer. Dissidents are often get government support thugs; recently, people because of the leaking of toxic substances resulting in the death of a large number of fish and take to the streets to protest, but was beaten by the police and arrested. But Vietnam does have elections on Sunday, due to coincide with the congressional elections, polling stations, packed with people -- is the candidate must be approved by the Communist Party.
Mr Obama's plan on Tuesday met with some dissidents and civil society leaders and then delivered a speech. Human Rights Watch organization human rights watch Asia for Brad Adams, Brad Adams suggested Obama "in the beginning should advocate everyone has the right to stand for election, has the right to express views critical of the government, have the right of association, has the right to freedom of choice of candidate".
The United States to help Vietnam economic reform, the United States is also the focus of the agenda of the leaders of the two countries.
Although Vietnam has experienced rapid development, Hanoi airport and skyline in the past 20 years occurred surprising change -- but it still dragging a telecommunications and other key sectors of the economy in the leading role of the bloated state sector; and it remains heavily dependent on low wage manufacturing, as countries become more and more prosperous, the industry will become increasingly unsustainable.
Corruption undermines the foundation of economic growth; sometimes can see the salary is not high government officials to take expensive European cars make a sightseeing tour.
Vietnamese eagerly look forward to, and the United States and another 10 countries signed the trade agreement -- "cross Pacific Partnership Agreement" (trans Pacific Partnership, TPP) -- will have a tremendous role in promoting. According to the World Bank estimates, Vietnam will become for the TPP is the biggest beneficiaries, by boosting sales of textile and garment industry, to 2030, the TPP on Vietnam's economic growth to enhance the rate will reach 10%.
As the only developing country in TPP member countries, Vietnam must make major concessions on issues such as allowing the establishment of independent trade unions, such as ensuring that environmental protection requirements are implemented.
"Vietnam has agreed to, and allow the establishment of independent trade unions. The unions can take control of their own funds, to elect their own leaders, to strike, free association, outside of the ILO assistance," U. S. trade representative Michael Faye Roman (Michael froman) in a briefing said.
As for the commitment of these changes is the change move or superficial, is currently under debate, but the Vietnamese government in commitment is braving the risk of certain, now unhappily found the agreement to in the next period of time from Congress passed.
However, development agencies and government officials are currently on innovation incubators and technology start-ups favor with. SMEs are particularly concerned about. The Obama plan Tuesday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City in a and entrepreneurial activity, to the participants in a speech.
