POLITICAL AND SECURITY COOPERATION BETWEEN VIETNAM AND ASEAN (2007-2021): ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

This article examines prominent events of political and security cooperation between Vietnam and ASEAN after the year of the ASEAN Charter (2007). The study employed the historical method of Historical science in combination with the logical method and theories of Regionalism. The study shows that Vietnam plays a key role in maintaining a strong network of partnerships with ASEAN in regional politics and security to both gain regional and national interests. In order to deepen this relation, the study relied on occurring events and the latest foreign policies of Vietnam and ASEAN to make a prophecy for prospects of Vietnam-ASEAN political-security ties in the future.