THE VISIT DID NOT ATTRACT ENORMOUS ATTENTION BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION WAS MORE ABOUT COOPERATION ON ‘SOFT’ SECURITY ISSUES SUCH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN IT WAS ABOUT STRATEGIC OR DEFENCE AFFAIRS – THE LATTER ATTRACTING MORE ATTENTION.HOWEVER, THIS IS A GOOD THING. GROUND-UP COOPERATION ON THESE AND OTHER ISSUES IS IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT LINKS FOR EVENTUAL COOPERATION ON STRATEGIC AND DEFENCE AFFAIRS. GIVEN THE TROUBLED HISTORY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND VIETNAM IN THE 1960s AND 1970s IT IS BETTER TO BEGIN WITH THESE ‘SOFT’ SECURITY ISSUES FIRST.THE RELATIVELY LACK OF MEDIA ATTENTION FROM THE U.S. SIDE IS ALSO BENEFICIAL SINCE IT WILL NOT ATTRACT CONTROVERSY WITHIN AMERICA AND IN THE REGION IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHINA AT THIS STAGE.
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