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The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: How Việt Nam is Handling the 2026 Global Oil Shock

By Aerolyne Reed10 min read
Photo: vietnam.vn, Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025. Graphic: ĐVH/The Vietnamese Magazine.

On Feb. 28, 2026, the world watched in shock and horror as joint military strikes by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran triggered a conflict that closed the Strait of Hormuz. 

The de facto closure of this vital maritime trade route—which handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s sea-borne crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG)—has proven disastrous.

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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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