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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A year after Vietnam elevated its relations with Washington to the highest diplomatic level, an internal document shows its military was taking steps to prepare for a possible American “war of aggression” and considered the United States a “belligerent” power, according to a report released Tuesday.
“This isn’t just some kind of a fringe element or paranoid element within the party or within the government.”.
The original Vietnamese document titled “The 2nd U.S.
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry did not answer emails seeking comment on The 88 Project report or the document it highlighted.
“The military has never been too comfortable moving ahead with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the United States,” Giang said.
Zachary Abuza, a professor at the National War College in Washington, said the Vietnamese military still has “a very long memory” of the war with the U.S. that ended in 1975. »