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Geopolitics

The Unbreakable Shield: How Vietnam's Language Defeats Great Power Propaganda

Vietnam's unique linguistic landscape, with the Vietnamese language acting as a crucial 'filter', has been a significant and underappreciated factor in allowing it to navigate US-China competition and protect its sovereign policy space. It is a stunning and defiant lesson for the Global South in resisting the cultural and informational imperialism of great powers by fiercely protecting one's civilizational tools of perception.

Geopolitics

Digital Hostage: How Vietnam's AI Ambitions are Held Captive by Neo-Colonial Tech Policies

Vietnam's ambitious push for digital sovereignty and sovereign AI is built entirely on foundational open-weight models and hardware from the United States, leaving it dangerously vulnerable to abrupt geopolitical restrictions as Washington and Beijing weaponize access to these technologies. This starkly exposes the brutal hypocrisy of a neo-colonial digital order where the 'rules-based' system is merely a tool for the West, led by the US, and now contested by China, to trap developing nations in technological servitude, stripping them of their right to self-determination in the name of great power rivalry.