Journal of International Studies No.51 (6/2025)

CONTENTS

To Lam

Viet Nam’s vision for ASEAN and regional affairs: Foreign policy and international integration in the era of national advancement ................ 5

Luong Cuong

50 years of national reunification: The peacebuilding role of diplomacy

from past to present ............................................................................................. 17

Pham Minh Chinh

Building a united, inclusive, and resilient ASEAN admidst global

transformations .................................................................................................... 27

Bui Thanh Son

The contribution of Viet Nam’s diplomacy to the liberation of the South and national reunification: Lasting historical lessons to be promoted in the era of national advancement ..................................................................... 31

Nguyen Van Duoc

Promoting the proactive and pioneering role of Ho Chi Minh city in Viet Nam’s foreign affairs and international integration over 50 years of national reunification ........................................................................................ 41

Duong Van Quang

Major turning points in Viet Nam’s foreign affairs thinking over 40 years of renovation ............................................................................................................ 65

Vu Duong Huan

Building comprehensive and modern Vietnamese diplomacy: Theory and practice ............................................................................................................. 95

Yasin Temizkan

Türkiye - Viet Nam relations in the context of Türkiye’s Asia Anew Initiative: Vision, progress, and prospects...................................................... 117

Pham Thuy Trang

Canada’s multilateral diplomacy under Justin Trudeau administration

and policy implications for Viet Nam............................................................. 141

Nguyen Van Lich - Nguyen Huu Son

Prospects of U.S. - China trade war in Donald Trump’s second term of presidency........................................................................................................... 171

Vu Phuong Anh

Human rights in U.S. foreign policy under the second Trump administration and implications for Viet Nam............................................ 199

Do Thi Thu Hien - Vu Hai Dang

Quiet diplomacy under Anwar Ibrahim administration: Implications for

Malaysia’s South China Sea strategy and regional security.................... 215

Nguyen Phu Tan Huong - Nguyen Thi Kieu Trinh - Phan Thuy Thanh

Cambodia’s Ream naval base upgrade project and its potential impacts on

Southeast Asian security.................................................................................... 235

Le Ngoc Thao Nguyen

National branding in Asia through a comparative approach and implications for Viet Nam.................................................................................. 261

Do Thi Thuy - Nguyen Thi Le Ha - Phung Huy Hoang

Power diffusion and the rise of contested multilateralism in international

politics from 2010 to present ........................................................................... 289