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Việt Nam’s Leaked ‘2nd U.S. Invasion’ Plan and the War Against Its Own People

By Aerolyne Reed7 min read
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and General Secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party To Lam talk during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2, 2025. Photo: AP Photo/Hau Dinh. Graphic: The Vietnamese Magazine.

While the United States and Việt Nam are currently enjoying a diplomatic honeymoon defined by “Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships” and mutual toasts to prosperity, a different narrative is circulating within Hà Nội’s Ministry of Defense. 

A recently leaked internal document reveals that the Vietnamese military is actively planning for a “2nd U.S. Invasion,” causing a jarring dissonance between the country’s outward facade and its internal schemes and machinations.

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Aerolyne Reed

Aerolyne Reed is a writer and she does not consider herself as anyone special. She thinks she is just another sound, lost in a multitude of voices, just another soul adrift in the aetherial sea.

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