Vietnam's Israel defence ties complicate historic Palestinian solidarity
Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary nation has struck a series of arms deals with Israel in recent years

'The Vietnamese state has betrayed a lot of its revolutionary promises in order to chart a more neoliberal relationship'

– Evyn Le Espiritu Gandhi, academic

'To some, nationalism is development, economy, national defence, regardless of the sacrifice of our anti-colonial history'

– Vietnamese youth activist

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