Putin in Hanoi: What does Vietnam hope to gain? DW 06/21/2024
Briefly

Putin visited Vietnam for bilateral cooperation agreements, including education, medicine, fossil fuels, and a nuclear science and technology center, with some undisclosed defense agreements hinted at by Vietnamese President Lam.
Vietnam aims to maintain neutrality in foreign policy, not aligning with the US or China. It abstained from UN resolutions on Russia's Ukraine war and did not attend a recent peace summit, causing condemnation from the US for hosting Putin.
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