Resume Normal Relations with Vietnam It's in the US Diplomatic and Trade Interest to Help Hanoi Back into the Global Economy and Thereby Reward Reforms

Kelly S. Nelson. Kelly S. Nelson conducts research on Asian trade issues is also a university fellow and doctoral candidate Washington University., The Christian Science Monitor

VIETNAM is once again making headlines in the United States. For 16 years, since the Vietnam war ended, the US has refused to deal with Vietnam on either a diplomatic or economic level. The only contact between the countries since that time has been with regard to humanitarian concerns, as the two attempted to reconcile painful issues left unresolved from the war.

Over the past nine months, however, this contact has been expanded to include high-level discussions between officials from both countries. In recent weeks, the administration released a new proposal on US-Vietnamese normalization, which has led to a flurry of discussion on Vietnam in the media, in Congress, and …

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Publication information: Article title: Resume Normal Relations with Vietnam It's in the US Diplomatic and Trade Interest to Help Hanoi Back into the Global Economy and Thereby Reward Reforms. Contributors: Kelly S. Nelson. Kelly S. Nelson conducts research on Asian trade issues is also a university fellow and doctoral candidate Washington University. - Author. Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor. Publication date: May 14, 1991. Page number: 19. © 2009 The Christian Science Publishing Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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